Boeing SP747 N537PA

11 September 1978 · Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Minor injuries

Summary

On 11 September 1978 at about 02:15 local time, a Boeing SP747 registered N537PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 156 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 11 September 1978 at 02:15
Classification: Incident
Location: Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing SP747
Registration: N537PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: New York, Ny → Bahrein
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 4-0012

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
156	0	0	1	155

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

FLT ATTENDANT THROWN TO GALLEY FLOOR.

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 4-0012, 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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All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.