Boeing 747 N750PA

30 September 1979 · Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes · Fatal

Summary

On 30 September 1979 at about 16:00 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N750PA, operated by Pan American World Airlines, was involved in an incident during in flight near Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes. 317 people were on board and one died. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 30 September 1979 at 16:00
Classification: Incident
Location: Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Registration: N750PA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Pan American World Airlines
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Honolulu, Hi → Los Angeles, Ca
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0017

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
317	1	0	0	316

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.

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 4-0017, 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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Pacific Ocean North Latitudes 50 Pan American World Airlines 8 Boeing 747 429 1979 4,210

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4 Nov 1979	Beechcraft C-45H N145DC	Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes no coordinates	Skyrnch AUN	Fatal	1
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18 Jul 1980	Beechcraft D18S N1824D	Yap-W.caroline Is, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes no coordinates	Pacific Missio	Minor injuries	-
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