- Date
- July 1, 1964
- Place
- Allentown, PA · ALLENTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 44 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N803TWConvair CV-880
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184984
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0027 64/7/1 NR.ALLENTOWN PA CONVAIR CV-880 CR- 0 1 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2033 N803TW PX- 0 0 38 45, 16220 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 229 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL-FAILURE HOSTESS TO COMPLY CO PROCEDURES. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N803TW
- Reported as
- Convair CV-880
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage