38.6273° N, 90.1979° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 25, 1978 · 19:58 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Lambert International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
TWA
Aircraft
NR124
Reported as
Boeing 707/
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot requested and received priority handling due to low fuel had been diverted due to ATC system breakdown.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT REQUESTED AND RECEIVED PRIORITY HANDLING DUE TO LOW FUEL HAD BEEN DIVERTED DUE TO ATC SYSTEM BREAKDOWN.