- Date
- May 8, 1974
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 158 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N778TWBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170210
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0008 74/5/8 PHILADELPHIA,PA BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 9 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2010 N778TW PX- 0 0149 UNK/NR, 26500 TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA INTL OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PITTSBURGH,PA LONDON,ENGLAND PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: BLADE,COMPRESSOR ROTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- 16TH STAGE COMPRESSOR FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N778TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Philadelphia Intl
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