Pan Am Flight 217
A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707-321B, sister to the accident aircraft lost | |
| Occurrence | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 12, 1968 |
| Summary | Apparent pilot error, not concluded |
| Site | Near Caracas, Venezuela |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 707-321B |
| Aircraft name | Clipper Malay |
| Operator | Pan American World Airways |
| IATA flight No. | PA217 |
| ICAO flight No. | PAA217 |
| Call sign | CLIPPER 217 |
| Registration | N494PA |
| Flight origin | New York John F. Kennedy Airport, United States |
| Destination | Simón Bolívar International Airport, Venezuela |
| Occupants | 51 |
| Passengers | 42 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 51 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Pan Am Flight 217 was a Boeing 707 that crashed near Caracas, Venezuela while on a flight from New York City on December 12, 1968. Though pilot error was to blame, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded the probable cause was undetermined. There were no survivors.