Boeing 747 N337PA

27 October 1970 · London, Europe · Minor injuries

Summary

On 27 October 1970 at about 07:45 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N337PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an incident during the taxi phase of flight near London, Europe. 107 people were on board and 5 had minor injuries. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 October 1970 at 07:45
Classification: Incident
Location: London, Europe
Nearest airport: Heathrow
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Registration: N337PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: San Francisco, Calif → S
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0062

People

5 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
107	0	0	5	102

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

FUEL CTL ROTARY ACTUATOR FAILED, RESULTED IN NR 2ENG FIRE. 2 ESCAPE SLIDES MALFUNCTIONED ON EVAC.

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 4-0062, 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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Europe 74 Pan American World Airways, Inc. 113 Boeing 747 429 1970 4,980

Other Boeing 747 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
18 Dec 1970	Boeing 747 N740PA	Jamaica, New York, United States no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
30 Dec 1970	Boeing 747 N731PA	Washington, District of Columbia, United States no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Dec 1970	Boeing 747 N735PA	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Oct 1970	Boeing 747 N93101	Kansas City, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
29 Dec 1970	Boeing 747 N4704U	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
15 Aug 1970	Boeing 747 N4703U	Sacramento, California, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 429 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
3 May 1970	Cessna 150 N8744G	Gelnhausn, Europe no coordinates	Hanau Aero CLU	Serious injuries	-
25 Apr 1970	N American NA-265 N253MZ	Hannover, Europe no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
6 Nov 1970	Piper PA-28 N6384J	Lorca, Europe no coordinates	Torrejon Aero	No injuries	-
13 Dec 1970	Boeing 747 N743PA	London, Europe no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
9 Feb 1969	Boeing 727 N358PA	Berlin, Europe no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
28 Mar 1971	Piper PA-28 N8864W	Lohrbach, Europe no coordinates	Sembach Aero C	No injuries	-

All 74 records in Europe