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Pan Am Flight 806
Pan Am Flight 806 was an international scheduled flight from Auckland, New Zealand, to Los Angeles, California, with intermediate stops at Pago Pago, American Samoa and Honolulu, Hawaii. On January 30, 1974, the Boeing 707 Clipper Radiant crashed on approach to Pago Pago International Airport, killing 87 passengers and ten crew members, making it the deadliest aviation incident in American Samoan history.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined the probable cause of the accident was the flight crew's tardy identification of microburst-induced wind shear. Other factors included poor visibility, a lack of altitude, and airspeed callouts by the aircrew.
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 707-321B powered by Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B engines. It had accumulated 21,625 airframe hours since its first flight in 1967.
This 707 was piloted by Captain Leroy Petersen, age 52, who had 17,414 hours of pilot time of which 7,416 hours were in the 707. The copilot was First Officer Richard Gaines, 37, with 5,107 total piloting hours all in the 707. The Third officer was James Phillips, 43, with 5,208 total pilot hours of which 4,706 were on the 707 and the flight engineer was Gerry Green, 37, who had 2,399 total hours as both a Flight Engineer and reserve first officer of which 1,444 were on the 707.
Although Gaines was scheduled to act as First officer on the flight, he had become ill with Laryngitis and as such was replaced by Third Officer Phillips, who acted as First Officer whilst Gaines stayed in the cockpit in the jumpseat.
Among the survivors was the US Olympic diving coach Dick Smith.
At 20:14 (8:14 PM), Flight 806 departed Auckland with 91 passengers and 10 crewmembers on board with an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan to Pago Pago.
At 23:34(11:34 PM), Flight 806 had descended to 5,500 feet (1,700 m), and captured the 226 degree radial of the Pago Pago VHF omnidirectional range (VOR), and were flying the reciprocal heading of 46 degrees. Pago Pago Approach Control reported winds zero one zero(10) degrees at one five (15), gusting two zero (20).
Pan Am Flight 806
Pan Am Flight 806 was an international scheduled flight from Auckland, New Zealand, to Los Angeles, California, with intermediate stops at Pago Pago, American Samoa and Honolulu, Hawaii. On January 30, 1974, the Boeing 707 Clipper Radiant crashed on approach to Pago Pago International Airport, killing 87 passengers and ten crew members, making it the deadliest aviation incident in American Samoan history.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined the probable cause of the accident was the flight crew's tardy identification of microburst-induced wind shear. Other factors included poor visibility, a lack of altitude, and airspeed callouts by the aircrew.
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 707-321B powered by Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B engines. It had accumulated 21,625 airframe hours since its first flight in 1967.
This 707 was piloted by Captain Leroy Petersen, age 52, who had 17,414 hours of pilot time of which 7,416 hours were in the 707. The copilot was First Officer Richard Gaines, 37, with 5,107 total piloting hours all in the 707. The Third officer was James Phillips, 43, with 5,208 total pilot hours of which 4,706 were on the 707 and the flight engineer was Gerry Green, 37, who had 2,399 total hours as both a Flight Engineer and reserve first officer of which 1,444 were on the 707.
Although Gaines was scheduled to act as First officer on the flight, he had become ill with Laryngitis and as such was replaced by Third Officer Phillips, who acted as First Officer whilst Gaines stayed in the cockpit in the jumpseat.
Among the survivors was the US Olympic diving coach Dick Smith.
At 20:14 (8:14 PM), Flight 806 departed Auckland with 91 passengers and 10 crewmembers on board with an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan to Pago Pago.
At 23:34(11:34 PM), Flight 806 had descended to 5,500 feet (1,700 m), and captured the 226 degree radial of the Pago Pago VHF omnidirectional range (VOR), and were flying the reciprocal heading of 46 degrees. Pago Pago Approach Control reported winds zero one zero(10) degrees at one five (15), gusting two zero (20).
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