# NTSB MKC66A0018: Convair CV-880, N820TW, Kansas City, MO, September 13, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 13, 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: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 2, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176285
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC66A0018
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66A0018

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N820TW-1970-06-29), registration cancelled 1970-06-29, S/N 0026 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR CV-880
- Registry model: [Convair 22](https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-22) (registry code 2423302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mid-Continent Int

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.