# NTSB LAX66I0053: Boeing B-727, N7024U, Sacramento, CA, January 5, 1966

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 5, 1966
- Place: Sacramento, CA · SACRAMENTO, CA
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 70 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 24, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174016
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX66I0053
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66I0053

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4-0002   66/1/5    SACRAMENTO CALIF    BOEING B-727        CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0742                    N7024U              PX-  0  0 63                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SACRAMENTO MUNI
        OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7024U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7024U-1992-02-05), registration cancelled 1992-02-05, S/N 18316 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-727
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-22](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-22) (registry code 1384002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Sacramento Muni

## Other investigations on N7024U (1)

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.

- [NTSB DIA69I0054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA69I0054), Apr 12, 1969: Boeing 727 (N7024U), Raleigh, NC, incident, 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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