# NTSB MKC70IK050: Convair 880, N803TW, St.Louis, MO, March 19, 1970

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 19, 1970
- Place: St.Louis, MO · ST.LOUIS, MO
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 54 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 4, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131175
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC70IK050
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70IK050

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0022  70/3/19    ST.LOUIS,MO         CONVAIR 880         CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1829                    N803TW              PX-  0  0 47                            52, 18034 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            3505 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMBERT
        OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          BOSTON,MASS                 TULSA,OKLA                   ST.LOUIS,MO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- R NOSE WHEEL,TIRE AND 3 MAIN LDG GR TIRES REPLACED DUE DMG.HI SPEED TAXI TESTS-NO DIR CTL PROBLEMS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N803TW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CONVAIR 880
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Lambert

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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