Boeing 707 N461PA

25 July 1971 · Manila, Asia · Fatal

Summary

On 25 July 1971 at about 13:21 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N461PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Manila, Asia. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 July 1971 at 13:21
Classification: Accident
Location: Manila, Asia
Nearest airport: Manila Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: N461PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: San Francisco, Calif → Hong Kong, China
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0025

People

4 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	4	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

INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES.

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 1-0025, 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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2 Dec 1971	Lake LA-4 N7612L	Seoul, Asia no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
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14 Feb 1971	Douglas DC-3 N55L	Phnom Penh, Asia no coordinates	Air Alliance	Fatal	2
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