Pan Am Flight 292 was operated by a Boeing 707-120B that flew into Chances Peak on the island of Montserrat on 17 September 1965 while on a flight from Fort-de-France - Le Lamentin Airport in

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to Coolidge International Airport in Antigua and Barbuda. The aircraft was destroyed, there were no survivors among the 30 passengers and crew on board.

Aircraft

The aircraft, bearing the registration N708PA and named ''Clipper Constitution'' by its owner

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(Pan Am), was the first Boeing 707 built that had made the first flight of the type on 20 December 1957. It had been used by

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on test flights prior to delivery to Pan Am in November the following year.

Crash

The aircraft departed Fort-de-France's Le Lamentin Airport on a scheduled flight to New York City via St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda and

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. There were 21 passengers and a crew of nine on board. While on approach to Coolidge International Airport in stormy weather, at an altitude of , the aircraft hit the -high Chances Peak and caught fire. The cause was determined to be pilot error: the crew made a navigational error and descended below the safe minimum altitude while unsure of their position.

References

*Dorr, Robert F. ''Air Force One'', MBI Publishing Company, St. Paul Minnesota, 2002. {{coord, 16.711111, -62.177222, type:landmark_globe:earth_region:MS, notes=(approximate location), display=title Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 707 Aviation accidents and incidents in 1965 292, Pan Am Flight 0292 Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error Airliner accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain 1965 in the Caribbean September 1965 events in North America