User:EdChem/Pan Am Flight 812

Pan American Flight 812[1]
Accident
DateDecember 1, 1969
SummaryBird strike during take-off leading to runway overrun excursion
SiteSydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport, New South Wales, Australia
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBoeing 707-321B
Aircraft nameClipper Star King[2]
OperatorPan American World Airways
RegistrationN892PA
Flight originSydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport
1st stopoverHonolulu International Airport[1][3]
2nd stopoverLos Angeles International Airport[3]
DestinationNew York[3]
Passengers125
Crew11
Fatalities0
Injuries0
Survivors136

Pan Am Flight 812, a Boeing 707-321B, was a scheduled international flight from Sydney, Australia to Honolulu, Hawaii. On December 1, 1969 it overran the runway during an aborted takeoff from then-runway 34 due to striking a flock of seagulls. The air accident investigation concluded that number 2 engine was damaged by a bird carcass causing a power spike during the takeoff. A timely decision was made to abandon the takeoff, occurring somewhere near V1 but the runway excursion was found to have not been inevitable. Factors which contributed to the accident included an incorrectly calculated load, lower than expected winds, and adoption of rolling start and braking techniques that did not most effectively use the available runway length. The damage done to the aircraft was categorised as "substantial" by both the Australian Transport Safety Bureau[4] and the United States National Transportation Safety Board[5]


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Pan American World Airways

References

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  1. ^ a b Air Safety Investigation Branch, Melbourne (1970). Accident Investigation Repor - Boeing 707-321B Aircraft N892PA at Sydney (Kingsford-Smith) Airport, on 1st December, 1969 (PDF). Melbourne, Victoria: Department of Civil Aviation, Australia. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  2. ^ "Pan Am Clipper Names". panamair.org. June 29, 2000. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c "707 jet hits sea gulls". Ellensburg Daily Record. December 1, 1969. p. 8. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  4. ^ "Boeing 707-321B Aircraft N892PA at Sydney (Kingsford-Smith) Airport, 1 December 1969". atsb.gov.au. August 20, 1970. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
  5. ^ "NTSB Identification File 1-0062". ntsb.gov. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
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{{Aviation accidents and incidents in 1969}} [[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Australia]] [[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1969]] [[Category:Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 707]] [[Category:Pan American World Airways accidents and incidents]] [[Category:Accidents and incidents on commercial airliners caused by bird strikes]]