# NTSB CHI70IC073: Boeing 707, Indianapolis, IN, April 22, 1970

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Closed
- Date: April 22, 1970
- Place: Indianapolis, IN · INDIANAPOLIS, IN
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Status: Completed, report August 5, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131186
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI70IC073
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI70IC073

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0024  70/4/22    INDIANAPOLIS,IND    BOEING 707          CR-  0  0  0  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TIME - 1555                    N7734TW             PX-  0  0  0
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WEIR-COOK
        OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          INDIANAPOLIS,IND           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED         UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND                             STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER
        REMARKS- UNATTENDED ACFT.COVE LIGHT CAPACITOR PORT SIDE SEAT 25 FAILED DUE THERMAL RUNAWAY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7734TW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Weir-Cook

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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