1982 passenger plane crash in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Pan Am Flight 759
N4737, the aircraft involved, pictured in May 1982, two months before the accident.
Accident
Date
July 9, 1982
Summary
Microburst-induced wind shear
Site
New Orleans International Airport, Kenner, Louisiana United States 29°59′15″N90°14′08″W / 29.98750°N 90.23556°W / 29.98750; -90.23556
Total fatalities
153
Total injuries
4
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 727-235
Aircraft name
Clipper Defiance
Operator
Pan Am
IATA flight No.
PA759
ICAO flight No.
PAA759
Call sign
CLIPPER 759
Registration
N4737
Flight origin
Miami International Airport
1st stopover
New Orleans Int'l Airport
Last stopover
McCarran Int'l Airport
Destination
San Diego Int'l Airport
Occupants
145
Passengers
138
Crew
7
Fatalities
145
Survivors
0
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities
8
Ground injuries
4
Pan Am Flight 759 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from Miami to San Diego, with en route stops in New Orleans and Las Vegas. On July 9, 1982, the Boeing 727 flying this route crashed in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner after being forced down by a microburst shortly after takeoff. All 145 on board, as well as eight people on the ground, were killed.[1]
^"Aircraft Accident Report: Pan American World Airways, Inc., Clipper 759, Boeing 727-235, N4737, New Orleans International Airport, Kenner, Louisiana, July 9, 1982" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. March 21, 1983. NTSB/AAR-83/02. Retrieved May 13, 2016. - Copy at Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University.
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