- Date
- August 6, 1978
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 58 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N746TWBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780806050259I
- Case key
- 138960
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0024 78/8/6 CHICAGO,IL BOEING 707 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2100 N746TW PX- 0 0 52 55, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - O'HARE OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,IL NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK REMARKS- MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N746TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- O'Hare
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.