List of Accidents and Incidents Involving Airliners By Airline - P

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Pacific Air Lines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 773 San Ramon, California May 7, 1964 Fairchild F-27A Murder and suicide
Pacific Air Transport
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
NC5340 Techachapi Mountains November 18, 1930 Boeing 40 CFIT
NC5390 Las Tunas Canyon near Burbank May 5, 1931 Boeing 40 Low visibility
NC10347 San Francisco Bay September 16, 1931 Boeing 40 CFIT
NC5589 Burbank May 16, 1932 Boeing 40 Low visibility
NC431H Eugene January 24, 1933 Ford 5-AT-D Trimotor Crash on takeoff
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 182 San Diego September 25, 1978 Boeing 727–214 Mid-air collision
Flight 1771 San Luis Obispo County, California December 7, 1987 British Aerospace 146–200 Murder and suicide
Pacific Western Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 314 Cranbrook, British Columbia February 11, 1978 Boeing 737–200 Human Error
Flight 501 Calgary, Alberta March 22, 1984 Boeing 737–200 In-flight fire
Flight 117 Kelowna, British Columbia July 14, 1986 Boeing 737–275 Pilot Error
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
AP-ACZ Lash Golath Mountain February 25, 1956 Douglas C-47B-40-DK Pilot error
AP-AJS off Charlakhi Island July 1, 1957 Douglas C-47A-10-DK CFIT
Flight 205 Delhi-Palam Airport May 15, 1958 Convair CV-240-7 Pilot error
Flight 705 Cairo, Egypt May 20, 1965 Boeing 720-040B CFIT
AP-ALM Islamabad, Pakistan August 6, 1970 Fokker F27-200 Weather
Flight 631 Maidan, Pakistan December 8, 1972 Fokker F27-600 Unknown
Flight 740 30 mi N of Ta'if, Saudi Arabia November 26, 1979 Boeing 707-340C In-flight fire
AP-AUX Near Peshawar, Pakistan October 23, 1986 Fokker F27-600 Unknown
AP-BBF Gilgit, Pakistan August 25, 1989 Fokker F27-200 Flight carrying 54 people disappears after leaving Gilgit in northern Pakistan. The wreckage is never found.
Flight 268 Kathmandu, Nepal September 28, 1992 Airbus A300B4 CFIT
Flight 688 near Multan International Airport July 10, 2006 Fokker F27-200 Under investigation
Pan American World Airways (Pan Am)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
NC9700 Santiago de Cuba June 10, 1929 Fokker F.10 Santiago de Cuba-Havana Failed to takeoff
? (General Machado) South Pacific August 15, 1932 F.VIIb/3m Fuel starvation due to navigational error
NC1537 Port of Spain April 11, 1936 Sikorsky S-42A Miami-Rio de Janeiro Collision with boat on takeoff
Flight 1
Samoan Clipper		 Pago Pago January 11, 1938 Sikorsky S-42 Honolulu-Pago Pago-Auckland Static discharge igniting dumped fuel (suspected)
Killed chief pilot Ed Musick
Flight 229
Hawaii Clipper		 South Pacific July 28, 1938 Martin M-130 Alameda-Manila Unknown (Alleged hijacking)
NC16933 Rio de Janeiro August 13, 1939 Sikorsky S-43 Miami-Rio de Janeiro Engine failure, loss of control
Flight 202 San Juan October 3, 1941 Sikorsky S-42B Miami-Buenos Aires Crashed on landing, pilot error
Flight 1104
Philippine Clipper		 Boonville January 21, 1943 Martin M-130 Hawaii-San Francisco CFIT
Flight 9035
Yankee Clipper		 Tagus River near Lisbon February 21, 1943 Boeing 314 New York City-Lisbon Weather, loss of control
NC16736
Bermuda Clipper		 Manaus, Brazil July 27, 1943 Sikorsky S-42B None Burned while docked
NC742N near Nome, Alaska April 6, 1944 Pilgrim 100B Nome-Fairbanks Pilot error
7233 Funafati, Gilbert Islands July 31, 1944 Consolidated PB2Y-3R Coronado CFIT
Flight 218
Hong Kong Clipper		 near Antilla August 8, 1944 Sikorsky S-42 San Juan-Port-au-Prince-Antilla-Miami Loss of control on takeoff
Flight 161
China Clipper		 Port of Spain January 8, 1945 Martin M-130 Miami-Leopoldville Pilot error
Flight 216 Fort de France August 3, 1945 Sikorsky S-43 Port of Spain-Fort de France Crashed on landing
NC18601
Honolulu Clipper		 Pacific Ocean November 4, 1945 Boeing 314 (prototype) Honolulu-San Francisco Engine failure, water ditching
Flight 121
Clipper Eclipse		 near Mayadine June 19, 1947 Lockheed L-049-46-21 Constellation Engine failure, in-flight fire
Flight 100
Clipper Empress of the Skies		 Willimantic, Connecticut June 18, 1946 Lockheed L-049-51-26 Constellation New York City-Gander-Shannon-London Mechanical failure, engine fire, belly landing
N88831
Clipper Caribbean		 Shannon Airport September 24, 1946 Lockheed L-049 Constellation New York City-Shannon Pilot error
NC86508 Delaware Bay May 11, 1947 Lockheed L-049 Constellation None Loss of control for reasons unknown
Flight 131 Floyd Bennett Field September 20, 1947 Douglas DC-4 Bermuda-New York City Double engine failure, in-flight fire
Flight 923
Clipper Talisman II		 Annette Island October 26, 1947 Douglas DC-4 Seattle-Annette Island-Juneau Unknown (suspected turbulence or icing)
Flight 1–10
Clipper Empress of the Skies		 Shannon Airport April 15, 1948 Lockheed L-049-51-26 Constellation San Francisco-Calcutta-Damascus-Istanbul-Brussels-London-Shannon-New York CFIT
Flight 428 Rancho Boyeros Airport December 9, 1948 Convair CV-240-2 Havana-Miami Brake failure, runway overrun
Flight 100
Clipper Monarch of the Skies		 over Port Washington January 30, 1949 Lockheed L-749 Constellation New York-Shannon Mid-air collision with a Cessna 140
Flight 151
Clipper Great Republic		 Liberia June 22, 1951 Lockheed L-049 Constellation Johannesburg-Leopoldville-Accra-Monrovia-New York CFIT
Flight 507 off Kingston September 2, 1951 Convair CV-240-2 Miami-Camagüey-Kingston Pilot error
Flight 526A
Clipper Endeavour		 Atlantic Ocean April 11, 1952 Douglas DC-4 San Juan-New York Engine failure leading to water ditching
Flight 202
Clipper Good Hope		 Brazil April 28, 1952 Boeing 377 Stratcruiser 10–26 Buenos Aires-Montevideo-Rio de Janeiro-Port of Spain-New York Engine separation, loss of control and in-flight breakup for reasons unknown
Flight 201 off Rio de Janeiro July 27, 1952 Boeing 377 Stratcruiser 10–26 New York-Rio de Janeiro-Buenos Aires Cabin door failure, explosive decompression
Flight 845/26
Clipper United States		 Pacific Ocean off Oregon coast March 26, 1955 Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10–26 Portland-Honolulu Propeller failure, engine separation, loss of control, water ditching
Flight 6
Clipper Sovereign of the Skies		 Pacific Ocean October 16, 1956 Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10–29 Double engine failure leading to water ditching
Flight 7
Clipper Romance of the Skies		 Pacific Ocean November 8, 1957 Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10–29 San Francisco-Honolulu Unexplained disappearance (possible engine failure, sabotage, or bombing)
N1023V
Clipper Golden Gate		 Manila June 2, 1958 Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10–26 San Francisco-Singapore Weather, hard landing, propeller failure, fuselage penetration
N1033V
Clipper Midnight Sun		 Juneau International Airport April 10, 1959 Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-26 Seattle/Tacoma-Juneau Landed short of runway
N90941
Clipper Australia		 Haneda Airport July 9, 1959 Boeing 377 Stratocruiser 10-29 Landing gear failure, belly landing
N88900
Clipper Fearless		 near Tegucigalpa September 12, 1959 Douglas DC-4 San Salvador-Miami Deviation from course for reasons unknown
N745PA Stuttgart Airport February 18, 1961 Douglas DC-7CF Frankfurt-Stuttgart Crew error
Flight 501 José Martí International Airport August 9, 1961 Douglas DC-8 Mexico City-Guatemala City Hijacking
Flight 214
Clipper Tradewind		 Elkton, Maryland December 8, 1963 Boeing 707–121 San Juan-Baltimore-Philadelphia Weather, lightning strike, in-flight explosion
Flight 212 John F. Kennedy International Airport April 7, 1964 Boeing 707-139 San Juan-New York City Pilot error, runway overrun
Flight 843
Clipper Friendship		 San Francisco June 28, 1965 Boeing 707-321B San Francisco-Honolulu Uncontained engine failure, in-flight fire
Flight 292
Clipper Constitution		 Chances Peak September 17, 1965 Boeing 707-121B Fort de France-Antigua CFIT
Flight 708
Clipper München		 East Berlin November 15, 1966 Boeing 727–21 Frankfurt-West Berlin Undetermined
Flight 1
Clipper Caribbean		 near Calcutta June 12, 1968 Boeing 707-321C Incorrect altimeter setting
Flight 281 New York City November 24, 1968 Boeing 707 New York-San Juan Hijacking
Flight 217
Clipper Malay		 near Caracas December 12, 1968 Boeing 707-321B New York-Caracas Pilot error, optical illusion
Flight 799
Clipper Racer		 Anchorage December 26, 1968 Boeing 707-321C San Francisco-Anchorage-Tokyo-Da Nang-Cam Ranh Bay Weather, bad preflight checklist, warning system defect
Flight 812 Sydney Airport December 1, 1969 Boeing 707-321B Bird strike during takeoff, resulting in overrun runway excursion
Flight 299 José Martí International Airport August 2, 1970 Boeing 747-121 New York-San Juan Hijacking
Flight 93
Clipper Fortune		 Egypt September 6, 1970 Boeing 747-121 Amsterdam-New York Hijacking by PFLP, Blown up in Cairo
Flight 6005
Clipper Rising Sun		 20 mi E of Manila July 25, 1971 Boeing 707-321C San Francisco-Honolulu-Guam-Manila-Saigon Crew error, poor CRM
Flight 845
Clipper America		 San Francisco July 30, 1971 Boeing 747–121 San Francisco-Tokyo Crew error, ground collision
Flight 841 Tan Son Nhat International Airport July 2, 1972 Boeing 747 Manila-Saigon Hijacking
Flight 816
Clipper Winged Racer		 Tahiti, French Polynesia July 22, 1973 Boeing 707-321B Auckland-Tahiti-San Francisco-Los Angeles Unknown (possible instrument failure leading to crew distraction)
Flight 160
Clipper Titian		 Boston November 3, 1973 Boeing 707-321C New York-Prestwick-Frankfurt Smoke in cockpit, loss of control
Flight 110
Clipper Celestial		 Rome, Italy December 17, 1973 Boeing 707-321C Terrorism, bombing
Flight 806
Clipper Radiant		 Pago Pago, American Samoa January 30, 1974 Boeing 707-321B Auckland-Pago Pago-Honolulu-Los Angeles CFIT
Flight 812
Clipper Climax		 Bali April 22, 1974 Boeing 707-321B Instrument failure, pilot error
Flight 1736
Clipper Victor		 Canary Islands March 27, 1977 Boeing 747–121 Los Angeles-New York-Las Palmas Ground collision with KLM Boeing 747
Flight 816 Kingsford Smith International Airport April 4, 1979 Boeing 747SP-21 Sydney-Auckland Hijacking
Flight 421
Clipper Meteor		 Juan Santamaria International Airport September 3, 1980 Boeing 727-21 Miami-San Juan Crashed short of runway
Flight 759
Clipper Defiance		 Kenner, Louisiana July 9, 1982 Boeing 727–235 Miami-New Orleans-Las Vegas Weather, microburst
Flight 830
Clipper Ocean Rover		 Pacific Ocean August 11, 1982 Boeing 747-121 Terrorism, bombing
Flight 378 Havana July 2, 1983 Boeing 727 Miami-Orlando Hijacking
Flight 925 Houston August 2, 1983 Boeing 727 Miami-Houston Hijacking
Flight 558 Hopkins International Airport January 4, 1985 Boeing 727-235 Cincinnati-Cleveland Hijacking
Flight 73
Clipper Empress of the Seas		 Pakistan September 5, 1986 Boeing 747–121 Mumbai-Karachi-New York Hijacking
Flight 164 Tampa International Airport November 6, 1986 Boeing 727-235 Tampa-Newark Ground collision with a private Piper Apache
Flight 125
Clipper Ocean Pearl		 England March 10, 1987 Boeing 747–121 Mechanical failure
Flight 103
Clipper Maid of the Seas		 Lockerbie, Scotland December 21, 1988 Boeing 747–121A London-New York Terrorism, bombing
Paninternational
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 112 A7/E45 near Hamburg Airport September 6, 1971 BAC 1-11-515FB Dual engine failure due to maintenance error
Partnair
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 394 Hirtshals, Denmark September 8, 1989 Convair 580 Structural failure, counterfeit parts
Philippine Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
PI-C12 Mount Parker January 25, 1947 Douglas C-47A-25-DK CFIT
PI-C98 between Daet and Manila May 7, 1949 Douglas C-47B-35-DK Bombing
PI-C22 near Iloilo January 24, 1950 Douglas DC-3 Unexplained disappearance
PI-C270 Loakan Airport March 30, 1952 Douglas C-47A-DL Crashed on takeoff
PI-C38 Chinmen Island December 30, 1952 Douglas DC-3 Hijacking
PI-C294 Rome January 14, 1954 Douglas DC-6 Loss of control
PI-C55 Ozamiz City December 11, 1957 de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter Stall, loss of control
Flight 526 Mount Baco November 23, 1960 Douglas DC-3C Navigation error, CFIT
Flight S85 Talamban December 22, 1960 Douglas DC-3C
(former C-47)		 Engine failure
Flight 984 Mount Boca March 2, 1963 Douglas C-47B-30-DK Navigation error, CFIT
Flight 946 near Marawi February 21, 1964 Douglas C-47B-10-DK Weather, pilot error
Flight 26/25 Sibuco Point May 20, 1964 de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter Weather, pilot error
Flight 741 Manila October 20, 1965 Douglas C-47A-25-DK Pilot error
Flight 785 Sabalyan June 29, 1966 Douglas C-47A-90-DL Weather, pilot error
Flight 215 over the Philippine Islands April 21, 1970 Hawker Siddeley HS-748-209 Srs. 2 Bombing (suspected)
RP-C1028 near Manila February 3, 1975 Hawker Siddeley HS-748-226 Srs. 2 Engine failure, in-flight fire
Flight 116 Zamboanga Airport May 23, 1976 BAC 1-11-527FK Hijacking
Flight 480 Jolo Airport July 11, 1982 Hawker Siddeley HS-748-209 Srs. 2 Aborted takeoff, runway overrun
Flight 206 near Baguio City June 27, 1987 Hawker Siddeley HS-748-209 Srs. 2 Weather, CFIT
Flight 443 near Iligan December 13, 1987 Shorts 360-300 CFIT
Flight 124 Ninoy Aquino International Airport July 21, 1989 BAC 1-11-516FP Skidded off runway
Flight 143 Ninoy Aquino International Airport May 11, 1990 Boeing 737-3Y0 Fuel tank explosion
Flight 434 Daito Islands December 11, 1994 Boeing 747-283B Terrorism, bombing
Flight 137 Bacolod City March 22, 1998 Airbus A320-214 Mechanical failure
Flight 812 near Manila May 25, 2000 Airbus A330-301 Hijacking
PMTair
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
XU-072
(operated by Royal Phnom Penh Airways)		 Ratanakiri Airport November 21, 2005 Xian Yunshuji Y-7-100C Under investigation
Flight 241 Kampot Province June 25, 2007 Antonov An-24B CFIT
Polar Airlines
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Unknown Dudinka December 25, 1945 Douglas C-47 In-flight fire, crash on takeoff
CCCP-N400 off Ostrov Litne December 13, 1946 Focke-Wulf Fw 200C Igarka-Arkangelsk Engine failure, forced landing
CCCP-N500 Yakutsk Airport April 23, 1950 Focke-Wulf Fw 200C-4 Runway overrun
RA-05881 near Sangar May 16, 2003 Antonov An-3T Weather, engine failure, forced landing
RA-02252 Sangar November 18, 2005 Antonov An-2TP Sangar-Sebyan-Kyuel Crew error
RA-26061 Deputatskiy Airport November 21, 2012 Antonov An-26B-100 Yakutsk-Deputatskiy Under investigation (runway excursion)
Puerto Rico International Airlines (Prinair)
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 191 Ponce, Puerto Rico June 24, 1972 De Havilland DH-114 Heron Pilot error
Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise
Flight designation Location Date Aircraft type Route Cause
Flight 612 Sukha Balka, Ukraine August 22, 2006 Tupolev Tu-154M Pilot error

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