# NTSB MKC65A0053: Boeing B-727, N846TW, Kansas City, MO, March 17, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 17, 1965
- Place: Kansas City, MO · KANSAS CITY, MO
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 97 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 21, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179734
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC65A0053
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC65A0053

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0014  65/3/17    KANSAS CITY MO      BOEING B-727        CR-  0  0  6  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1857                    N846TW              PX-  0  0 91                            44, 16874 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            203 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - K.C.MUNICIPAL
        OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS
        WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          BROKEN                                                    3200
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     SNOW SHOWERS
        RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND                                 TEMPERATURE-F
          LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES                 23
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          310                                                       21
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      IFR
        REMARKS- PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 36 WITH WIND VARIABLE 280TO 300 DEGREES AT 20 TO 30 KNOTS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N846TW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N846TW-2012-09-12), registration cancelled 2012-09-12, S/N 18753, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-727
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-31](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-31) (registry code 1384010) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (registry code 52044, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: K.C.Municipal

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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