- Date
- October 16, 1970
- Place
- Dulles Intl Apt, DC · DULLES INTL APT, DC
- Injuries
- 61 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N799TWBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158794
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0047 70/10/16 DULLES INTL APT BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0815 N799TW PX- 0 0 53 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 - DULLES INTL OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DULLES INTL APT SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- DRG TKOF CTL CK ELEV CTL QUAD P/N 50-3119-1,R ARM BKN.STRESS FM OVRTORQUED BOLTS.SVC LTR 3003 CVRS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N799TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Dulles Intl
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