- Date
- October 28, 1970
- Place
- Dubuque, IA · DUBUQUE, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 53 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N739TWBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158806
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0074 70/10/28 DUBUQUE,IOWA BOEING 707 CR- 1 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1425 N739TW PX- 0 0 47 49, 21320 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 268 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT REMARKS- CO-PLT LND AT CEDAR RAPIDS,IOWA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N739TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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