Boeing 747 N771PA

27 December 1979 · London, Europe · No injuries

Summary

On 27 December 1979 at about 18:39 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N771PA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near London, Europe. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 December 1979 at 18:39
Classification: Accident
Location: London, Europe
Nearest airport: Heathrow
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Registration: N771PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: New York, Ny → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0004

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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 UNITED KINGDOM.

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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