Boeing 707 N355US
23 July 1968 · Lafayette, Indiana, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 23 July 1968 at about 15:22 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N355US, operated by Northwest Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Lafayette, Indiana, United States. 64 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:22
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Lafayette, Indiana, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 707
- Registration
- N355US
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Northwest Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- None
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0059
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 60 |
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
CABIN ATTENDANT WAS NOT SEATED. SEAT BELT SIGN ON.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Aug 1968 | Boeing 707 | Travis Afbase, California, United States | Flying Tiger Line, Inc. | No 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 | - |
| 10 Dec 1968 | Boeing 707 | Jfk Intl, New York, United States | Irish | No 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 | - |