- Date
- October 12, 1969
- Place
- No.Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · NO.PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 154 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N18709Boeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180371
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0042 69/10/12 NO.PACIFIC OCEAN BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 8 MIL CONTRACT PASSG INTL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0130 N18709 PX- 0 1146 55, 20250 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KADENA,OKINAWA HONOLULU,HAWAII TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN OFF WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- FLT NEAR A TYPHOON AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18709
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage