Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 20 FEB 1959 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-7C |
| Operator: | Pan American World Airways |
| Registration: | N740PA |
| C/n / msn: | 44882/694 |
| First flight: | 1956 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO), United States of America |
| San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO), United States of America |
The DC-7 was being used for a crew transitional training and checkout flight. One of the manoeuvres carried out was a maximum glide angle approach to landing. During the flare out of this manoeuvre a high descent rate continued until the aircraft struck the runway with heavy impact. A fire started and destroyed the plane.
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Distance from San Francisco International Airport, CA to San Francisco International Airport, CA as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
Distance from San Francisco International Airport, CA to San Francisco International Airport, CA as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
