- Date
- September 21, 1963
- Place
- Topeka, KS · TOPEKA, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 67 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N742TWBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110248
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0056 63/9/21 NR.TOPEKA,KANS BOEING 707 CR- 0 1 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0515 N742TW PX- 0 0 60 44, 17646 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1489 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING 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 BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 5500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 45 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 9 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- LETDOWN THROUGH CLOUD TOPS. SEAT BELT SIGN ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N742TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage