- Date
- September 23, 1971
- Place
- Barcelona, SP · BARCELONA, Spain
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 3 minor, 114 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5794TWBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163619
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0044 71/9/23 BARCELONA,SPAIN BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1503 N5794TW PX- 0 2109 59, 24000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 6000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MADRID,SPAIN ATHENS,GREECE ROME,ITALY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- SEAT BELT SIGN ON SECONDS BEFORE ENCOUNTERING TURBULENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5794TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage