# NTSB DIA69I0056: Boeing 707, N751TW, Dulles Int Apt, VA, April 19, 1969

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 19, 1969
- Place: Dulles Int Apt, VA · DULLES INT APT, VA
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 39 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 24, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 185783
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DIA69I0056
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA69I0056

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0009  69/4/19    DULLES INT APT,VA   BOEING 707          CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1825                    N751TW              PX-  0  0 32                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- RT LEADING EDGE FLAPS WOULD NOT RETRACT. DUMPED FUEL AND LANDED SAFELY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N751TW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N751TW-1983-05-26), registration cancelled 1983-05-26, S/N 18390 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Registry model: [Boeing 707-131B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-131b) (registry code 138360P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: No damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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