- Date
- March 3, 1973
- Place
- Wichita, KS · WICHITA, KS
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 64 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12307Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169611
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0005 73/3/3 WICHITA,KANS BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1250 N12307 PX- 0 0 60 37, 5730 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1340 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WICHITA MUNI OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL WICHITA,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDROPLANING ON WET RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 110 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- UN STOP ON REMAINING RWY DUE HYDROPLANING. TURNED OFF RWY INTO MUD TO TAXIWAY.L GR COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12307
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wichita Muni
N12307Registration cancelled Sep 3, 2014 · Boeing 727-231Airframe modelBoeing 727-231Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.