- Date
- December 16, 1965
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 39 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9851TWBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174722
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0030 65/12/16 AMARILLO,TEX. BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0121 N9851TW PX- 0 0 33 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - AMARILLO AFB MUNI OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9851TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Amarillo Afb Muni