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| Date: | Saturday 11 July 1959 |
| Time: | 20:37 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-121 |
| Owner/operator: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
| Registration: | N707PA |
| MSN: | 17587/2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 113 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | New York-Idlewild Airport (IDL) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | New York-Idlewild Airport (IDL) |
| London-Heathrow Airport (LHR) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Pan American World Airways Flight 102 made a successful emergency landing at New York International Airport after losing two of the four wheels of the left main gear. The airplane, a Boeing 707, N707PA, received major damage to the left main landing gear. Four of the 102 passengers aboard were injured during deplaning.
Probable Cause
The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of the forward truck beam of the left landing gear.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Aviation_Accident_Report:_Pan_Am_Flight_102
https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/196319/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jul-2019 16:53 | Whiteshark | Added |
| 09-Jul-2019 18:23 | Whiteshark | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jul-2019 06:42 | Whiteshark | Updated [Total occupants, ] |
| 15-Dec-2024 13:36 | whiteshark | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 23-Sep-2025 18:55 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Sep-2025 19:04 | ASN | Updated |
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