ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 329977
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Date: | Wednesday 16 January 1974 |
Time: | 01:35 |
Type: | Boeing 707-131B |
Owner/operator: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
Registration: | N757TW |
MSN: | 18395/309 |
Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
Total airframe hrs: | 38876 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 63 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) |
Destination airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:After a night visual runway 06R approach, the aircraft touched down. The nosegear collapsed immediately. The aircraft was destroyed by fire.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The continuation of a visual approach after the flight crew lost outside visual reference because of a low cloud and fog encounter."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX74AL053 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 7 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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photo (c) Bob Garrard; Columbus-Port Columbus International Airport, OH (CMH/KCMH); March 1972
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