- Date
- July 11, 1968
- Place
- Philipsburg, PA · PHILIPSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor, 38 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N894TWBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110671
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0027 68/7/11 NR.PHILIPSBURG,PA BOEING 727 CR- 0 2 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1310 N894TW PX- 0 0 34 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- UNABLE TO CHNG ATC CLNC. PENETRATED CUMULUS LINE. SEAT BELT SIGN ON,CREW AND PAX WARNED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N894TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage