Convair 880 N819TW
1 January 1963 · Chicago, Illinois, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 1 January 1963 at about 21:00 local time, a Convair 880 registered N819TW, operated by Trans World Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Chicago, Illinois, United States. 64 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 21:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Convair 880
- Registration
- N819TW
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Trans World Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 1-0020
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
NO.2 ENG NOSE COWL TENSION LATCH FAILED. PORTIONOF COWL SEPARATED, DAMAGED LEFT WING AND FUSELAGE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Convair 880 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Aug 1966 | Convair 880 | Philadelphia Pa, Pennsylvania, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 18 Nov 1966 | Convair 880 | Carswell Afb Tex, Texas, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 14 Jul 1966 | Convair 880M | Oklahoma Cty Okla, Oklahoma, United States | Federal Aviati | No injuries | - |
| 20 Nov 1967 | Convair 880 | Constance, Kentucky, United States | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 69 |
| 2 Nov 1967 | Convair 880 | Jacksonville, Florida, United States | Northeast Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 7 Aug 1968 | Convair 880 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 1963 | Douglas DC-7 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Jan 1963 | Vickers 810 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | Continental Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 8 |
| 3 Feb 1963 | Lockheed 1049H | San Francisco, California, United States | Slick Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 4 |
| 16 Feb 1963 | Curtiss-Wrt C-46F | Puyallup, Washington, United States | Zantop Air Transport | Serious injuries | - |
| 17 Jan 1963 | Fairchild F-27 | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | West Coast Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 3 |
| 12 Feb 1963 | Boeing 720B | Miami, Florida, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 43 |