ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330764
Date: | Sunday 25 July 1971 |
Time: | 13:21 |
Type: | Boeing 707-321C |
Owner/operator: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
Registration: | N461PA |
MSN: | 19371/653 |
Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 32 km ENE of Manila International Airport (MNL) -
Philippines
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Guam International Airport (GUM/PGUM) |
Destination airport: | Manila International Airport (MNL/RPLL) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Boeing, named "Clipper Rising Sun", was on a cargo flight from San Francisco via Honolulu, Guam and Manila to Saigon. While on a VOR/DME approach to Manila runway 24, the aircraft struck Mount Kamunay at an altitude of 2525 feet (770 m).
PROBABLE CAUSE: Improper crew-coordination, which caused a premature descent.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | |
Report number: | DCA72RZ001 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest Circular 118-AN/88 (193-200)
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