# NTSB MKC66I0040: Convair CV-880, N810TW, Kansas City, MO, January 19, 1966

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 19, 1966
- 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: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 19, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 172883
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC66I0040
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66I0040

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0006  66/1/19    KANSAS CITY MO      CONVAIR CV-880      CR-  0  0  5  TRAINING                  CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 0835                    N810TW              PX-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MID-CONTINENT INT
        OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  AIRFRAME BUFFET
        REMARKS- SPOILER STUCK OPENED INTERMITTENTLY,WRONG LUBRICANT USED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N810TW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR CV-880
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: No damage
- 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.

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