- Date
- June 3, 1968
- Place
- Flushing, NY · FLUSHING, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor, 98 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N831TWBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110676
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0057 68/6/3 FLUSHING,NY BOEING 727 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0910 N831TW PX- 0 0 95 35, 7637 TOTAL HOURS, 253 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LA GUARDIA OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- CAPT FAILED TO ARREST DESCENT,STRUCK APCH LIGHT PIER,LA GUARDIA.FURTHER DAMAGE ON LDG JFK ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N831TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- La Guardia
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