- Date
- January 1, 1963
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 64 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N819TWConvair 880
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191252
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0020 63/1/1 NR.CHICAGO,ILL CONVAIR 880 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2100 N819TW PX- 0 0 56 45, 17931 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1425 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COOLING SYSTEM: COWLING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- NO.2 ENG NOSE COWL TENSION LATCH FAILED. PORTION OF COWL SEPARATED,DAMAGED LEFT WING AND FUSELAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N819TW
- Reported as
- Convair 880
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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