Boeing 707 N741TW

21 August 1964 · Los Angeles Calif, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 August 1964 at about 12:27 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N741TW, operated by Trans World Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Los Angeles Calif, California, United States. 75 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 21 August 1964 at 12:27
Classification: Incident
Location: Los Angeles Calif, California, United States
Nearest airport: Los Angeles Int L
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: N741TW
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Minor
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 4-0019

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
75	0	0	0	75

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

IMPROPER BINDING OF 9 FT TRAILING EDGE SECTION LEFT OUTBOARD FLAP

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 4-0019, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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