San Juan – Baltimore – Philadelphia

On December 8, 1963 at 08:59 PM, San Juan – Baltimore – Philadelphia experienced a crash involving Boeing 707, operated by Pan American World Airways - PAA, with the event recorded near Elkton Maryland.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

81 people were known to be on board, 81 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 73, passenger fatalities: 73, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. Pan American Flight 214, a Boeing 707-121, N709PA, departed Friendship International Airport, Baltimore, Maryland, for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at 2024 1 December 8, 1963. The aircraft, with 73 passengers and a crew of eight, was on an Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) clearance. Flight 214 reported over the New Castle, Delaware VOR at 2042 and was instructed to hold at 5,000 feet, west of the VOR. At 2058 a "MAYDAY" 2 transmission was heard from the flight. Shortly thereafter, the pilot of another aircraft broadcasted that "Clipper 214 is going down in flames". Flight 214 crashed two miles east of Elkton, Maryland, at 2059. All persons aboard the aircraft were killed instantly. The aircraft was destroyed by explosion, impact, and fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration N709PA, MSN 17588, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.6065°, -75.8331°.