# NTSB OAK71IP052: Boeing 707, Phillipsburg, PA, June 11, 1971

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: June 11, 1971
- Place: Phillipsburg, PA · PHILLIPSBURG, PA
- Location: 40.6934° N, 80.2820° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phillipsburg, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6934&lon=-80.2820&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 4 minor, 51 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 4, 1972
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79516
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK71IP052
- Board report AAR7207 (PDF): https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7207.pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK71IP052

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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