| Date: | Wednesday 25 February 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-121 |
| Owner/operator: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
| Registration: | N709PA |
| MSN: | 17588/3 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3C-6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | over Chartres -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG/LFPB) |
| Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG/LFPB) |
While practicing a two-engine minimum control condition during training flight the aircraft went into an abrupt spin to the right. Recovery was accomplished; however, the no. 4 engine and strut assembly were separated from the right wing. A safe emergency landing was made at London, U.K.
The pilot had failed to maintain flying speed during two engine control speed manoeuvre.
Sources:
failure-interactions.com
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 December 1963 | N709PA | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) | 81 | Elkton, MD |  |
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Location
Images:
photo (c) Georges Cozzika; Paris-Le Bourget Airport (LBG/LFPB); 1958
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