- Date
- September 15, 1969
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 13 minor, 61 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N12303Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report January 7, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180349
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0036 69/9/15 PHILADELPHIA,PA BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1240 N12303 PX- 0 2 67 27, 2800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA INTL OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) EQUIP-ESCAPE CHUTE RIPPED DURING EVACUATION. REMARKS- STEWARDESS INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED ALARM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12303
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Philadelphia Intl
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