- Date
- April 18, 1963
- Place
- Des Moines, IA · DES MOINES, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 93 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N785TWBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107301
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0029 63/4/18 NR.DES MOINES,IOWA BOEING 707 CR- 0 1 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1300 N785TW PX- 0 0 87 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- RADAR SHOWED NO RETURNS. TURB ENCOUNTERED BEFORE TURB PROCEDURES WERE COMPLETED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N785TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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