Date: | Tuesday 7 April 1964 |
Time: | 23:02 |
Type: | Boeing 707-139 |
Owner/operator: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
Registration: | N779PA |
MSN: | 17904/119 |
Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
Total airframe hrs: | 11094 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3C-6 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 145 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | San Juan-Isla Verde International Airport (SJU/TJSJ) |
Destination airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Boeing 707 touched down on the far end of runway 04R and ran off the end of the runway, ending up in Thurston Basin.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain's deviation from the glide slope during an ILS approach resulting in a touchdown on the runway at a point and speed which precluded stopping the aircraft on the remaining runway."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | UNK64X1214 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 11 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No.16, Circular 82-AN/69 (142-150)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Jon Proctor; Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX); 28 June 1960
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