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Boeing 727-214 N375PA

28 October 1987 · St Croix · No injuries

Summary

On 28 October 1987 at about 01:03 local time, a Boeing 727-214 registered N375PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, was involved in an incident near St Croix. 68 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 01:03
Classification
Incident
Location
St Croix
Nearest airport
Alexander Hamilton (STX)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Boeing 727-214
Registration
N375PA
Category
Airplane
Engines
3
Operating rule
Part 121: Air Carrier
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Miami → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Not recorded
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
MIA88IA020

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
68 0 0 0 68

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PAA FLT WAS ON VISUAL APCH AND IN CONTACT WITH APCH CONTROL WHO INFORMED FLT OF TWO ACFT AHEAD ALSO ON VISUAL APCH. THE CONTROLLER OFFERED VECTORS TO CLEAR TRAFFIC. PAA FLT ELECTED ON CONTINUE CURRENT HEADING. THE TWO PRECEDING ACFT WERE ON TWR FREQ GIVING POSITION ADVISORIES FOR THE TWR WAS CLOSED. THE PAA FLT ELECTED TO STAY ON APCH CONTROL FOR ASR ASSIST. AS THE FLT CLOSED ON THE SECOND ACFT IT REQUESTED VECTORS AWAY. THE CONTROLLER STATED THEIR TARGETS HAD MERGED AND HE WAS NO LONGER SEEING EITHER OF THE OTHER ACFT. SHORTLY AFTER THIS THE SECOND ACFT WAS OBSERVED OFF THE RIGHT NOSE SLIGHTLY BELOW AT 150 TO 175 FEET. THE PAA FLT PERFORMED A CLIMBING LEFT TURN AND CLEARED THE OTHER ACFT. THE PAA FLT THEN CIRCLED AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT AFTER THE OTHER TWO ACFT LANDED. COMPANY PROCEDURES CALLED FOR THE PAA FLT TO MONITOR THE TWR FREQ FOR TRAFFIC AND GIVE POSITION REPORTS WHEN THE TWR WAS CLOSED. THIS WAS NOT DONE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Aircraft involved

Aircraft Registration Operator Damage
Boeing 727-214 727-214 N375PA Pan American World Airways -
Douglas DC-3 DC-3 N80617 Carib Air Cargo -

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