- Date
- August 7, 1968
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 44 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N828TWConvair 880
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 80237
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0013 68/8/7 CHICAGO,ILL CONVAIR 880 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0737 N828TW PX- 0 0 37 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - OHARE OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- 14TH STAGE DISC,NO.4 ENG,FAILED. ENG CAUGHT FIRE. PLT LANDED SAFELY. ENG COWL DAMAGED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N828TW
- Reported as
- Convair 880
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Ohare