Boeing 707 N781PA

26 September 1966 · Nnassau Bahamas, Other-Foreign Countries · No injuries

Summary

On 26 September 1966 at about 12:50 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N781PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Nnassau Bahamas, Other-Foreign Countries. 71 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 26 September 1966 at 12:50
Classification: Incident
Location: Nnassau Bahamas, Other-Foreign Countries
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: N781PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0033

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
71	0	0	0	71

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

FIRE IN NO.2 ENGINE.SHUTDOWN EFFECTED. SAFE RETURN MADE TO BASE. NO.2 PYLON DAMAGED.

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 4-0033, 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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