Sister ship to the accident aircraft, Clipper Yankee Ranger (N418PA).
Accident
Date
July 22, 1973
Summary
Crashed during takeoff; cause undetermined
Site
Off Faa'a International Airport, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia 17°30′56″S149°35′10″W / 17.51556°S 149.58611°W / -17.51556; -149.58611
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 707-321B
Aircraft name
Clipper Winged Racer
Operator
Pan American World Airways
Registration
N417PA
Flight origin
Auckland Airport, New Zealand
Stopover
Faa'a International Airport, Tahiti, French Polynesia
1st stopover
Los Angeles International Airport, California, United States
Destination
San Francisco International Airport, California, United States
Occupants
79
Passengers
69
Crew
10
Fatalities
78
Injuries
1
Survivors
1
Pan Am Flight 816 was an international flight from Auckland, New Zealand, to San Francisco, California, via Tahiti, French Polynesia, and Los Angeles, California. It was operated by a Pan Am Boeing 707-321B bearing the registration N417PA and named Clipper Winged Racer.[1] On July 22, 1973, at 10:06 P.M. local time, the Boeing 707 took off from Faa'a International Airport in Papeete. Thirty seconds after takeoff, the airliner, carrying 79 passengers and crew, crashed into the sea. All occupants except 1 passenger were killed.
^Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
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