- Date
- April 25, 1967
- Place
- San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N789TWBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118345
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0056 67/4/25 SAN FRANCISCO,CAL BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0810 N789TW PX- 0 0 0 45, 8871 TOTAL HOURS, 981 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FRANCISCO OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PREVIOUS HARD LNDG OCCURRED AT PHILA.APT PRIOR TO CREW CHNG.NO CREW WRITE UP.NOSE WHEEL FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N789TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Francisco
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