# NTSB UNK65X0806: Boeing 707 331, N769TW, Rome, Italy, November 23, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 23, 1964
- Place: Rome, Italy · ROME, Italy
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 48 fatal, 11 serious, 6 minor, 8 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 22, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180620
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0806
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0806

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0080  64/11/23   ROME ITALY          BOEING 707 331      CR-  5  2  4  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AGE UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
        TIME - 1415                    N769TW              PX- 43  9 10                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FIUMICINO AIRPORT
        OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: ABORTED
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - THRUST REVERSER: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - THRUST REVERSAL-ASYMETRICAL
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- INVEST AND REPT BY ITALIAN GOVT.ACFT STRUCK STEAMROLLER.NO.2 ENG NOT IN REV.LITE IND ENG IN REVERS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N769TW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N769TW-1970-06-26), registration cancelled 1970-06-26, S/N 17685 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707 331
- Registry model: [Boeing 707-331](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-707-331) (registry code 138365H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Fiumicino Airport

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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