- Date
- November 15, 1964
- Place
- Wichita Kans, KS · WICHITA KANS, KS
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor, 17 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6013CLockheed L-749A
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185986
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0074 64/11/15 WICHITA KANS LOCKHEED L-749A CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1145 N6013C PX- 0 2 13 44, 16279 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 6718 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 54 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 340 28 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- SEAT 9C SEAT BELT FAILED,9C PASSENGR WAS INJURED TURBULENCE CONSIDERED EXTREME RENDERED A/C UNCONT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6013C
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-749A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
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