- Date
- August 26, 1964
- Place
- Kansas City, MO · KANSAS CITY, MO
- Injuries
- 138 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N787TWBoeing 707 331C
- Status
- Completed · report December 18, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182541
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0043 64/8/26 KANSAS CITY MO BOEING 707 331C CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1050 N787TW PX- 0 0130 46, 17163 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2364 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANSAS CITY MUN. OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF BY IMPACT WITH RUNWAY APPROACH LIGHTS, EARTH, AND CEMENT DIKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N787TW
- Reported as
- Boeing 707 331C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kansas City Mun.
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