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the privileges of his airman certificate." First Officer Miller had a total of 17,027 hours flying time with 2,817 hours in B-707's. He had flown 61 hours in the last 30 days. He had 2-1/2 days off duty and had not flown in the 24 hours preceding the accident.
Second Officer Max A. Webb, age 46, held airline transport pilot certificate No. 211105 with multi-engine land and DC-6/7 ratings, issued January 4, 1961. He also held navigator certificate No. 1263016. Mr. Webb had a total of 13,826 hours flying time of which 35 were in the B-707. He had flown 72 hours in the last 30 days before the accident. His FAA second-class medical examination was completed October 21, 1964, with no waivers required. He had been off duty 2-1/2 days and had not flown in the 24 hours preceding the accident.
Flight Engineer Fitch Robertson, age 44, held flight engineer certificate No. 575029, and private pilot certificate No. 509935. His last FAA second-class physical examination was dated October 29, 1964, and no medical waivers were entered. Mr. Robertson had 17,753 hours flying time including 3,901 in B-707. He had flown 82 hours in the preceding 90 days and 69 hours in the 30-day period preceding the accident. He had been off duty 5-1/2 days and had not flown for 24 hours preceding the accident.
The two pursers and four stewardesses were regularly employed by the company and their emergency training was current.
1.6 Aircraft Information
N761PA was a Boeing 707-321B, manufactured in June 1962, with serial No. 18336. A current airworthiness certificate was issued June 15, 1962. The aircraft had flown a total of 12,789 hours at the time of the accident. The aircraft was powered by four Pratt and Whitney JT3D-3B engines.
| Position | Date of Mfg. |
S/N | Total Time | Time Since Overhaul |
Date Instl. |
Place Instled. |
Time at Instl. |
| 1 | 4/18/63 | P6440 50B |
5515 | 1363 | 2/15/65 | NYC | 0 |
| 2 | 12/16/63 | P6442 33B |
4149 | 4149 | 5/8/65 | NYC | 3652 |
| 3 | 9/16/64 | P6446 67B |
1817 | 1817 | 6/16/65 | SFO | 1665 |
| 4 | 1/2/62 | P6432 50B |
8204 | 39 | 6/25/65 | NYC | 0 |
The flight logs were reviewed for the period June 25-28, 1965, and no performance writeups were entered regarding the No. 4 engine. This engine had been removed from another aircraft due to a scheduled third stage disk change and was given a full overhaul at this time. The overhaul included removal and replacement[1] of turbine blades, and replacing of the Nos. 2, 3, and 4 turbine disks. The three replacement disks were new Pratt and Whitney items with zero operating time. A number of nuzzle guide vanes were removed and replaced in all
- ↑ All turbine blades were supplied from PAWA serviceable parts pool. If parts are pooled at disassembly there is no history of these parts, they are not serialed, or time controlled.
