- Date
- May 22, 1962
- Place
- Unionville, MO · UNIONVILLE, MO
- Injuries
- 45 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N70775Boeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128999
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0003 62/5/22 NR.UNIONVILLE,MO BOEING 707 CR- 8 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2117 N70775 PX- 37 0 0 50, 25000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL KANSAS CITY,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-DYNAMITE EXPLOSION IN R REAR LAVATORY. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- TAIL SECTION SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70775
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
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