- Date
- May 23, 1972
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N773TWBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118003
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0013 72/5/23 JAMAICA,NY BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TIME - 0050 N773TW PX- 0 0 0 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTL OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT REMARKS- CARGO MISHANDLED. 2 PKGS CHEMICALS BROKE OPEN AND CAUGHT FIRE,CAUSED SMOKE DMG. NO CREW,PAX ABD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N773TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Jfk Intl
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