- Date
- April 1, 1971
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 4 serious, 7 minor, 49 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N7892Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160331
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0010 71/4/1 CHICAGO,ILL BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2205 N7892 PX- 0 4 50 49, 14649 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1651 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OHARE INTL OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE GROUND TRAINING-PROCEDURES REMARKS- MGT SUPVR STWS OVER-REACTED WHEN APU TORCHED.CAUSED UNWANTED EVAC.ALL STWS UNAWARE OF PROPER PROC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7892
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Ohare Intl
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.