- Date
- June 11, 1971
- Place
- Phillipsburg, PA · PHILLIPSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 4 minor, 51 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6729TWBoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1972
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79516
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0010 71/6/11 NR.PHILLIPSBURG,PA BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1028 N6729TW PX- 0 0 48 44, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 3773 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHILADELPHIA,PA SAN FRANCISCO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION EVASIVE MANEUVER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY AIRCRAFT ON RADAR MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- ATC CTLR MISIDENTIFIED RADAR TARGET.CAUSED TWA B-707 TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID AA B-707.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6729TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage