Pan Am Flight 708

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Pan Am Flight 708

A Pan Am Boeing 727-21 similar to the one involved. This aircraft would be involved in the bombing of Avianca Flight 203
Occurrence
Date	November 15, 1966
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain; cause unknown
Site	Near Dallgow-Döberitz, Germany
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 727-21
Aircraft name	Clipper München
Operator	Pan American World Airways
Registration	N317PA
Flight origin	Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt, Germany
Destination	Berlin Tegel Airport, Berlin, Germany
Occupants	3
Passengers	0
Crew	3
Fatalities	3
Survivors	0

Pan Am Flight 708 (PA 708) was a cargo flight that crashed on initial approach less than 10 mi (16 km) west-southwest of its destination airport, Berlin Tegel in Germany, in the early morning hours of November 15, 1966. The flight was operated by a Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) Boeing 727-21, registration N317PA,^[1] name Clipper München, routing from Frankfurt Airport. All three crew members perished. The cause was undetermined because US investigators were not allowed to survey the impact site near Dallgow in what was then East Germany, and only half of the aircraft remains were returned by Soviet military authorities in East Germany to their US counterparts in former West Berlin.

Flight 708 usually landed at Tempelhof Airport. But because of runway maintenance at Tempelhof, Pan Am shifted its flights to Tegel Airport. At the time of the accident, weather was poor and it was snowing.

The Soviet authorities returned about 50% of the wreckage. Some major components were not returned, including the flight data and cockpit voice recorders, flight control systems, navigation and communication equipment.

At the time of the crash, the Soviet Union did not belong to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).^[2] Nations belonging to ICAO allow reciprocal visits by official observers in order to improve aviation safety.

• Aviation query, National Transportation Safety Board
• Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
• Satellite image of crash location Google Maps

52°30′N 13°02′E / 52.5°N 13.04°E / 52.5; 13.04