Boeing 707 N798PA

13 June 1968 · Calcutta, Asia · Fatal

Summary

On 13 June 1968 at about 00:58 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N798PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Calcutta, Asia. 63 people were on board and 6 died, 10 were seriously injured, 25 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 13 June 1968 at 00:58
Classification: Accident
Location: Calcutta, Asia
Nearest airport: Dum Dum
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: N798PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: San Francisco, Calif → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0062

People

6 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
63	6	10	25	22

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

INVESTIGATED AND RPTD BY THE GOVT OF INDIA.DSCNDD BLO DH, FLAPS EXTDD 50DEG.

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 1-0062, 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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25 Nov 1968	Curtiss-Wrt C-46D N1386N	Savannakht, Asia no coordinates	Air America In	Fatal	26
18 Dec 1968	Porter PC-6C N394R	Saigon, Asia no coordinates	Air America In	Fatal	1
2 Jun 1968	Hiller FH1100 N526FH	Vientiane, Asia no coordinates	Continental AI	No injuries	-
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