- Date
- April 18, 1972
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 182 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N93115Boeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165952
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0006 72/4/18 JAMAICA,NY BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 18 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2005 N93115 PX- 0 0164 51, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1228 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY MADRID,SPAIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- L BODY GR INDICATOR TUBE FAILED,GR JAMMED UP PSN.LNDD WITH L BODY GR UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93115
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage