Date: | Wednesday 3 September 1980 |
Time: | 14:37 |
Type: | Boeing 727-21 |
Owner/operator: | Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) |
Registration: | N327PA |
MSN: | 19036/278 |
Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 73 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | San José-Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO) -
Costa Rica
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
Destination airport: | San José-Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO/MROC) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Narrative:The Boeing, named "Clipper Meteor", undershot runway 07 in heavy rain. The aircraft struck approach lights and the landing gear had sheared off when the plane came to rest in a field.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | JKR81AA000 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
Jet-Airliner Unfälle seit 1952 / J. Richter, Chr. Wolf
Location
Images:
photo (c) Ron Mak; San José-Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO); December 1980
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; München-Riem Airport (MUC); 12 July 1977
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