Boeing 727 N9851TW
16 December 1965 · Amarillo, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 16 December 1965 at about 01:21 local time, a Boeing 727 registered N9851TW, operated by Trans World Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Amarillo, Texas, United States. 39 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
- at 01:21
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Amarillo, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Amarillo Afb Muni
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 727
- Registration
- N9851TW
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 3
- Operator
- Trans World Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 4-0030
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
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
BOLT MISSING FROM LEFT OUTBOARD FORE FLAP INBOARD ATTACHMENT ARM.7FT OF FLAP SEPARATED AFTER LNDNG
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jul 1965 | Boeing 727 | Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 20 May 1966 | Boeing 727 | East Boston Mass, Massachusetts, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
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| 26 May 1966 | Boeing 727 | E.boston Mass, Massachusetts, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 27 Aug 1966 | Boeing 727 | Buffalo Ny, New York, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Sep 1966 | Boeing 727 | New York Ny, New York, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jul 1965 | Hughes 269A-1 | Lynch Ky, Kentucky, United States | Rotairport, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 31 Oct 1965 | Cessna 195B | Imnaha Oreg, Oregon, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 5 Nov 1965 | Bell 204B | Georgetown Colo, Colorado, United States | Whirl-Wide HEL | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 Jan 1965 | Piper PA28 | San Jose Calif, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Mar 1965 | Navion B | Englewood Fla, Florida, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Apr 1965 | Boeing A75N1 | Mesa Ariz, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |