# NTSB CHI68A0043: Boeing 707, N742TW, Erlanger, KY, November 6, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 6, 1967
- Place: Erlanger, KY · ERLANGER, KY
- Location: 39.0395° N, 84.6000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Erlanger, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0395&lon=-84.6000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious, 9 minor, 25 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 4, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79508
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68A0043
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68A0043

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0029   67/11/6   ERLANGER,KY         BOEING 707          CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1841                    N742TW              PX-  1  1 27                            45, 18753 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            6204 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GRTR CINCINNATI
        OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          COPILOT-SUSPECTED COLLISION,ABORTED.RNWY TOO SHORT
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS - PROP/JET/ROTOR BLAST
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- N3317L NOT CLR OF TKOF RNWY AS PLT RPTD TO TWR.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N742TW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Grtr Cincinnati

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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