- Date
- December 12, 1971
- Place
- Kingston, NY · KINGSTON, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 32 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N781TWBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164532
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0042 71/12/12 NR.KINGSTON,NY BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1817 N781TW PX- 0 1 25 49, 19932 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 3389 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL WINDSOR LOCKS,CONN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 20000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PAX WENT TO BLUE ROOM BFOR SEAT BELT SIGN TURNED ON. REQUIRED ASSISTANCE DUE INFIRMITY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N781TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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