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Boeing 707-120 accident report
Saturday 15 August 1959 American Airlines Boeing 707-123 N7514A c/n 17641
Training flight AA514 from Calverton-Peconic River airport (CTO), USA with 5 crew and no passengers. Crew lost control performing several manoeuvres. First flight : 6 May 1959 Airframe hrs : 736 engines : P&W JT3C-6. All 5 people on board died in the crash. location : 5km NE of Calverton (CTO) apt. +- 150m 40°57’15”N 72°46’00”W
Saturday 28 January 1961 American Airlines Boeing 707-123 “Flagship Oklahoma” N7502A c/n 17629. Training flight AA1502 from New York – Idlewild (IDL), USA with 6 crew and no passengers. The crew lost control for an undetermined reason. First flight : 1958 engines : P&W JT3C-6 All people on board died in the crash. location : 8km W of Montauk Point, Long Island +- 100m : 41°05’24”N 72°01’01”W
There have been two serious accidents with 707-120's.
On May 22, 1962, the 707-124 N70775 c/n 17611 of Continenal Airlines crashed near Unionville, Missouri. Cause was a bomb explosion in the rear toilet during the cruise flight at 11837m altitude. Flight 11 was en route from Chicago (ORD) to Kansas City (MKC). The plane breaks into pieces in the air. Most of it comes down in an Alfalfa field 10km NNW of Unionville, 1.5 miles west of state Highway no.5. But the rest of the wreckage was scattered over a strip of 65km long. Light particles were found 190km away!. A passenger had smuggled a bomb on board and wanted to commit suicide, after which the insurance would pay out to his wife. The aircraft had made its first flight in 1959 and had made 11946 flight hours until the accident, which amounts to about 8 hours a day. It was equipped with JT3C-6 turbojets. All 37 passengers and 8 crew members are killed. Location : +- 500m 40°33’30”N 92°57’23”W
On December 8, 1963, the Pan Am 707-121 N709PA "Clipper Tradewind" c/n 17588 (pictured above) crashed near Elkton, Maryland in the United States. All passengers, 73 passengers and 8 crew members were killed.
The plane flew a waiting circuit due to the strong winds near Philadelphia; just west of the New Castle VOR beacon. There were thunderstorms. Due to a lightning strike, the mixture of fuel (JP4 Avgas) and air exploded in the reserve tank. It was Flight 214 from San Juan, Puerto Rico via Baltimore, Maryland to Philadelphia, (PHL) Pennsylvania. Crashed in cornfield between Elkton and Delaware border ( 39°36'28''N 75°47'21"W ). The aircraft had made its first flight in 1958 and had already made 15609 flight hours (approx. 7 hours a day avg.) Was equipped with JT3C-6 turbojets at the time of the crash.
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Monday 6 November 1967 TWA Boeing 707-131 N742TW c/n 17669
Flight TW159 from Cincinatti (CVG) to Los Angeles (LAX) with 7 crew and 29 passengers. Aborted take-off and then overran RW 27L.
First flight : 1959 Airframe hrs : 26319 engines : P&W JT3C-6. 1 passenger died in the crash and ..injured. location : +- 100m 39°02’47”N 84°42’08”W
There have been two more accidents with -120s but these were aircraft that were later converted to -120B by replacing the JT3C turbojets with JT3D turbofans, these are treated at the -120B
1958-1959-1967-1970
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