- Date
- September 13, 1972
- Place
- S.Francisco, CA · S.FRANCISCO, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N15712Boeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167766
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0022 72/9/13 S.FRANCISCO,CALIF BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2143 N15712 PX- 0 0 0 46, 14591 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3401 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FRANCISCO INT OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION S.FRANCISCO,CALIF JAMAICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-ABORT BEYOND V1 SPEED,INSUFFICIENT RWY LEFT. AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- 2 R TRUCK REAR TIRES FAILED,REDUCED ACCELERATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15712
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Francisco Int
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.