Hong Kong - Denpasar - Sydney - Suva - Honolulu - Los Angeles

On April 22, 1974 at 10:26 PM, Hong Kong - Denpasar - Sydney - Suva - Honolulu - Los Angeles experienced a crash involving Boeing 707, operated by Pan American World Airways - PAA, with the event recorded near Denpasar-I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bali.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

107 people were known to be on board, 107 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 11, crew fatalities: 11, passengers on board: 96, passenger fatalities: 96, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Following an uneventful flight from Hong Kong-Kai Tak, the crew started the descent to Denpasa-Ngurah Rai Airport by night and limited visibility. While descending to runway 09 at an altitude of 4,000 feet, the airplane initiated a turn to 263° when it struck the slope of Mt Masehe located about 68 km from the airport. The wreckage was found few hours later. The aircraft was totally destroyed upon impact and all 107 occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N446PA, MSN 19268/544, year of manufacture 1966.