- Date
- February 10, 1970
- Place
- Kansas City, MO · KANSAS CITY, MO
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28724Boeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131041
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0002 70/2/10 NR.KANSAS CITY,MO BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 6 TRAINING CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1435 N28724 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 OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,MO KANSAS CITY,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER DRIVE SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- NUTS P/N 60-3115 AND P/N 66-5015 SWITCHED DURG MAINT.CAUSED JAMMING OF STABILIZER TRIM SYSTEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28724
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage