- Date
- April 8, 1969
- Place
- St.Louis, MO · ST.LOUIS, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 57 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N771TWBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191308
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0029 69/4/8 NR.ST.LOUIS,MO BOEING 707 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2020 N771TW PX- 0 0 52 49, 21765 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 237 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KANSAS CITY,MO MIAMI,FLA ST.LOUIS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ARTC WAS RADAR VECTORING ACFT AROUND WORST TSTM ACTIVITY. ACFT RADAR ON AND OPERATING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N771TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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