Boeing 720B N783PA

30 September 1966 · Kingston Jamaica, Other-Foreign Countries · Serious injuries

Summary

On 30 September 1966 at about 19:07 local time, a Boeing 720B registered N783PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Kingston Jamaica, Other-Foreign Countries. 111 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 30 September 1966 at 19:07
Classification: Accident
Location: Kingston Jamaica, Other-Foreign Countries
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 720B
Registration: N783PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0033

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
111	0	1	2	108

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

INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0033, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Other-Foreign Countries 247 Pan American World Airways, Inc. 113 Boeing 720 41 1966 5,966

Other Boeing 720 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
2 Dec 1966	Boeing 720B N57205	Los Angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Dec 1966	Boeing 720 N7226U	Cleveland Ohio, Ohio, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
4 Aug 1966	Boeing 720B N3156	Los Mochis Mex, Mexico no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
31 Jul 1965	Boeing 720B N723US	Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Oct 1965	Boeing 720 N7532A	Jamaica Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Dec 1967	Boeing 720 N3158	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-

All 41 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
26 Sep 1966	Boeing 707 N781PA	Nnassau Bahamas, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Jul 1966	Douglas DC-7 N301G	Antigua Bwi, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Airlift International, Inc.	No injuries	-
11 Feb 1966	Cessna 180 N4088D	Andros Is Bahamas, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
25 Feb 1966	Hughes 269B N9447F	Jamaica W.indies, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
25 Feb 1966	Beechcraft D-18S N6787C	St Maarten Na, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Borinquen Air	No injuries	-
16 Feb 1966	Callair A-4 N6162C	San Miguel P.i., Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Air Asia Inc.	Fatal	1

All 247 records in Other-Foreign Countries