- Date
- April 1, 1974
- Place
- Terre Haute, IN · TERRE HAUTE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 50 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N833TWBoeing 727-31
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186653
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0018 74/4/1 NR.TERRE HAUTE,IND BOEING 727-31 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1525 N833TW PX- 0 1 44 38, 6442 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2089 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIANAPOLIS,IND ST LOUIS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- SAFETY BELT NOT SECURED.ELDERLY LADY BROKE LEG WHEN THROWN FM SEAT DRG TURBC ENCTR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N833TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 727-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage