- Date
- April 24, 1976
- Place
- Paris, France · PARIS, France
- Injuries
- 79 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8738Boeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report August 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152674
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0028 76/4/24 PARIS,FRANCE BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0939 N8738 PX- 0 0 71 59, 25759 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 6998 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARLES DE GAULLE OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ROME,ITALY WASHINGTON,DC PARIS,FRANCE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE FRENCH GOVT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8738
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Charles De Gaulle
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.