- Date
- November 1, 1972
- Place
- St.Louis, MO · ST.LOUIS, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 8 minor, 72 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N784TWBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168659
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0038 72/11/1 ST.LOUIS,MO BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1329 N784TW PX- 0 1 73 41, 8876 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 3620 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMBERT OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PHILADELPHIA,PA KANSAS CITY,MO ST.LOUIS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: ROLL FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE REMARKS- NR 2 ENG CAUGHT FIRE,FUEL RET ELBOW SEPARATED. PAX INJ OCCURRED DURING EVAC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N784TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Lambert
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