Boeing 747 N732PA

2 February 1974 · Honolulu, Hawaii, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 2 February 1974 at about 21:30 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N732PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. 299 people were on board and one died. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 2 February 1974 at 21:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Registration: N732PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: San Francisco, Calif → Agana, Guam
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0004

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
299	1	0	0	298

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

16 MONTH OLD CHILD ASPHYXIATED BY SEATBELT WHILEUNATTENDED.

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 1-0004, 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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