# NTSB UNK64X4135: Boeing 707 131B, Reading, PA, September 25, 1964

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 25, 1964
- Place: Reading, PA · READING, PA
- Location: 40.3392° N, 75.9263° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reading, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3392&lon=-75.9263&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 54 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 15, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180559
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X4135
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X4135

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4-0031  64/9/25  NR.READING PA         BOEING 707 131B     CR-  0  0  8  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TIME - 1505                    N6781TW             PX-  0  0 46
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6781TW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707 131B
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Minor 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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