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
- Operator
- Pan American World Airways
- 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 | - |
Other Boeing 727 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jun 1987 | Boeing 727-251 | Casper, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Sep 1987 | Boeing 727 | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | Eastern Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jan 1987 | Boeing 727-223 | Tampa, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Dec 1987 | Boeing 727-231 | Miami, Florida, United States | Trans World Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 1987 | Boeing 727-247 | Calgary, Canada | Western Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 11 Jul 1987 | Boeing 727-225 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | Eastern Air Lines | No injuries | - |