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Date: | Tuesday 12 December 1972 |
Time: | 22:56 |
Type: | Boeing 707-331C |
Owner/operator: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
Registration: | N788TW |
MSN: | 18713/378 |
Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
Total airframe hrs: | 29715 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Baltimore/Washington International Airport, MD (BWI/KBWI) |
Destination airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A TWA 707-331C, N788TW, operating as Flight 669, crashed during an ILS approach in IFR conditions at John F. Kennedy International Airport, at 22:56 on 12 December 1972. The three crewmembers escaped without injury; there were no passengers on board. The airplane was on a Cat II autoland approach when the flight crew allowed the airplane to descend below the glideslope, and the aircraft struck approach light bars mounted on a wooden pier. The airplane continued on to the runway, but departed to the right, traveling approximately 2,600 feet before coming to a stop, facing the opposite direction. Both main landing gear and all four engines separated from the aircraft during the accident.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain did not maintain a safe descent path by visual external reference during an instrument landing system approach."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC73AN080 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 4 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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photo (c) Abe White; New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK); 1972
photo (c) Abe White; New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK); 1972
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