# NTSB LAX74AL019: Boeing 707, N8705T, Los Angeles, CA, August 28, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 28, 1973
- Place: Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 3 serious, 1 minor, 147 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 5, 1973
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79469
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX74AL019
- Board report AAR7408 (PDF): https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7408.pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL019

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0042  73/8/28  NR.LOS ANGELES,CALIF  BOEING 707          CR-  0  1 10  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2050                    N8705T              PX-  1  2138                            53, 26171 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            8170 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          BANGKOK,THAILAND            SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF         LOS ANGELES,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER
           SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN OFF
        REMARKS- COMBN OF DSGN TLRNCS OF LONGL CTL SYS PRODUCED ATYPICAL CTL FORCE CHARCS.ACFT PORPOISED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8705T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8705T-1984-02-22), registration cancelled 1984-02-22, S/N 18916 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Registry model: [Boeing 707-331B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-331b) (registry code 138366H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No damage

## Other investigations on N8705T (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 NYC73AN013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN013), Jul 18, 1972: Boeing 707 (N8705T), Windsor Lock, CT, 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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