MKC66A0018

NTSB accident investigation · Convair CV-880 · Kansas City, MO · September 13, 1965

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
September 13, 1965
Place
Kansas City, MO · KANSAS CITY, MO
Injuries
4 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N820TWConvair CV-880
Status
Completed · report November 2, 1966
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
176285

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0021  65/9/13    KANSAS CITY MO      CONVAIR CV-880      CR-  0  0  4  TRAINING                  AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1240                    N820TW              PX-  0  0  0                            50, 17410 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            1300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MID-CONTINENT INT
        OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            TAKEOFF: RUN
           STALL: MUSH                                              TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT

Aircraft

Registration
N820TW
Reported as
Convair CV-880
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo jet
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Mid-Continent Int

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.