Boeing 707 N799PA
26 December 1968 · Anchorage, Alaska, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 26 December 1968 at about 06:15 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N799PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Anchorage, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 06:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Anchorage, Alaska, United States
- Nearest airport
- Elmendorf Afb
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 707
- Registration
- N799PA
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Pan American World Airways, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- San Francisco, Calif → Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 1-0045
People
3 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
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Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing 707 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Aug 1968 | Boeing 707 | Travis Afbase, California, United States | Flying Tiger Line, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 23 Jul 1968 | Boeing 707 | Lafayette, Indiana, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 13 Jun 1968 | Boeing 707 | Calcutta, Asia | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 6 |
| 12 Dec 1968 | Boeing 707 | Caracas, South America | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 51 |
| 25 Jan 1968 | Boeing 707 | Kandahar, Asia | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 28 Oct 1968 | Boeing 707 | No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jan 1968 | Piper PA-22 | Baytown, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 1968 | Cessna 150 | Mounds, Oklahoma, United States | Riverside Airl | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1968 | Piper PA-22 | Laurel, Maryland, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1968 | Piper J5A | Valparaiso, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1968 | Mooney M20D | Santa Rosa, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 May 1968 | Cessna 182 | Medford, New Jersey, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |