- Date
- December 22, 1975
- Place
- Milan, Italy · MILAN, Italy
- Injuries
- 3 serious, 5 minor, 114 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18701Boeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report September 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79480
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0044 75/12/22 MILAN,ITALY BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 9 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1029 N18701 PX- 0 3110 52, 25303 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 7316 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MILAN-MALPENSA OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY MILAN,ITALY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- INVESTIGATED & REPORTED BY THE GOVT OF ITALY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18701
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Milan-Malpensa
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Other investigations on N18701 · 1
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