Boeing 707 N771TW

10 October 1966 · London England, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · No injuries

Summary

On 10 October 1966 at about 14:30 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N771TW, operated by Trans World Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near London England, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 55 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: 10 October 1966 at 14:30
Classification: Incident
Location: London England, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: N771TW
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0035

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
55	0	0	0	55

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

ACFT ENTERED SEVERE DUTCH ROLL.LEFT WING INBOARDSPOILER NOT IN FLUSH-STOWED POSITION.

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 4-0035, 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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