- Date
- May 4, 1965
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 60 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N812TWConvair CV-880
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178002
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0037 65/5/4 NR.CHICAGO ILL CONVAIR CV-880 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1612 N812TW PX- 0 1 55 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 4500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CREW DID NOT ANNOUNCE SEAT BELT SIGN ON,PASSENGER STATEMENTS INDICATED LACK OF AWARENESS OF SIGN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N812TW
- Reported as
- Convair CV-880
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage