- Date
- July 18, 1972
- Place
- Windsor Lock, CT · WINDSOR LOCK, CT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 54 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8705TBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167767
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0027 72/7/18 NR.WINDSOR LOCK,CONN BOEING 707 CR- 0 1 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1530 N8705T PX- 0 0 48 51, 25000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BOSTON,MASS SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF PITTSBURGH,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON REMARKS- COMBN OF DSGN TLRNCS OF LONGL CTL SYS PRODUCED ATYPICAL CTL FORCE CHARCS.ACFT PORPOISED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8705T
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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