- Date
- October 19, 1970
- Place
- Kansas City, MO · KANSAS CITY, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N93101Boeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158803
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0070 70/10/19 KANSAS CITY,MO BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 4 TRAINING CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1530 N93101 PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - KANSAS CITY INTL OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: WING FLAP CONTROL SYSTEM ELECTRICAL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED REMARKS- ROLLERS,R INBRD AFT FLAP ASSY,FORCED OUT OF TRACKS,JAMMED.FLAP DID NOT RETRACK,HIT INBRD AILERON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93101
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Kansas City Intl
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