- Date
- September 11, 1975
- Place
- London, United Kingdom · LONDON, United Kingdom
- Injuries
- 151 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N93114Boeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151327
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0029 75/9/11 LONDON,ENGLAND BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 20 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0655 N93114 PX- 0 0131 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - HEATHROW OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONDON,ENGLAND CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- GENERAL DISINTEGRATION 4R WHEEL RIM B2602889 IMPROPER TEST PROCEDURES.SVC INFO LETTERS CVRS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93114
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Heathrow
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