- Date
- July 20, 1972
- Place
- Urbana, OH · URBANA, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 48 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6739Boeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168738
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0022 72/7/20 NR.URBANA,OHIO BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0840 N6739 PX- 0 0 42 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL DAYTON,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION EVASIVE MANEUVER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SPACING OF AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 25000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- TWA 142 HAD NEAR MISS WITH AA 349 DUE IMPROPER COORDINATION OF FACILITIES AND CONTROLLERS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6739
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage