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 File No. 1-0052

ADOPTED: February 10, 1965

PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS

BOEING 707-139, N779PA

JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

JAMAICA, NEW YORK

APRIL 7, 1964

A Pan American World Airways, Inc., Boeing 707-139, N779PA, Operating as Flight 212 from San Juan, Puerto Rico to New York, New York, touched down on the far end of runway 4R at John F. Kennedy International Airport and during landing roll overran the runway and came to rest in Thurston Basin on April 7, 1964, at 2303 e.s.t.

The aircraft sustained major structural damage, there was no fire. Of the one hundred and forty-five occupants includ1ng nine crew members thirty-three received minor injuries and seven serious injuries. There were no fatalities.

The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the captain's deviation from the glide slope during an ILS approach resulting in a touchdown on the runway at a point and speed which precluded stopping the aircraft on the remaining runway.

Investigatlon

Pan American World Airways, Inc., Flight 212 (FAA 212) was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Jamaica, New York. The flight originated at San Juan but because of adverse weather upon arrival 1n the New York area, it was diverted to Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia. With subsequent improvement 1n the New York weather, the flight departed Dulles International Airport for JFK Airport.

Following an Instrument Landing System_(ILS) approach, touchdown was made on runway 4B. The aircraft ran off the far end of the runway and came to rest in Thurston Basin sustaining major structural damage. There were no fatalities among the 145 persons aboard the aircraft. However, 33 received minor and 7 serious injuries.

The crew involved in this accident departed Miami, Florida, in N779PA at 1152 e.s.t. April 7, 1964, as the assigned crew of PAA Fllght 455, a regularly scheduled passenger flight between Miami and San Juan. This flight was routine and landed at San Juan at 1355.