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Boeing 727-200 accident report

Friday 09 July 1982 Panam Boeing 727-235 “Clipper Defiance” N4737 c/n 19457.

Flight PA759 from New Orleans to Las Vegas with 7 crew and 138 passengers.

Entered severe windshear on taking-off from RW10 at new Orleans and was blown to the ground. It crashed in a residential area destroying 6 houses.

First flight : 24 jan.1968 Airframe hrs : 39253 engines : JT8D-7B. All 145 people onboard died in the crash and 8 on the ground. location : 1.4km E of New Orleans apt. +- 25m 29°59’15”N 90°14’08”W