- Date
- November 20, 1967
- Place
- Constance, KY · CONSTANCE, KY
- Injuries
- 69 fatal, 13 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N821TWConvair 880
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113454
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0033 67/11/20 CONSTANCE,KY CONVAIR 880 CR- 5 2 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2057 N821TW PX- 64 11 0 45, 12895 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1389 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GTR CINCINATTI OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LOS ANGELES BOSTON PITTSBURGH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: *ERROR-INVALID CODE* LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE COPILOT - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES HAZE 90 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CREW ATTEMPTD NIGHT,VISUAL NO-GS APCH IN DETERIORATING WX W/O ADEQUATE ALTIMETER CROSS REFERENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N821TW
- Reported as
- Convair 880
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gtr Cincinatti
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