# NTSB CHI63A0131: Convair 880, N819TW, Chicago, IL, January 1, 1963

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 1, 1963
- Place: Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Location: 41.8500° N, 87.6501° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chicago, IL, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8500&lon=-87.6501&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 64 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 22, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191252
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI63A0131
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI63A0131

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N819TW-1977-07-01), registration cancelled 1977-07-01, S/N 25 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR 880
- Registry model: [Convair 22](https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-22) (registry code 2423302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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