Boeing 707 131 N745TW

18 October 1966 · Los Angeles, California, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 18 October 1966 at about 20:58 local time, a Boeing 707 131 registered N745TW, operated by Trans World Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Los Angeles, California, United States. 59 people were on board and 8 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 October 1966 at 20:58
Classification: Accident
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Nearest airport: Los Angeles Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707 131
Registration: N745TW
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0062

People

8 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
59	0	0	8	51

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.

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 1-0062, 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.

Also in

United States 170,864 Trans World Airlines, Inc. 131 Boeing 707 131 7 1966 5,966

Other Boeing 707 131 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
17 Feb 1965	Boeing 707 131B N750TW	Los Angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Dec 1965	Boeing 707 131B N748TW	Carmel Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Fatal	4
15 Jul 1967	Boeing 707 131 N741TW	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
6 Jul 1965	Boeing 707 131B N756TW	Omaha Nebr, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
25 Sep 1964	Boeing 707 131B N6781TW	Reading Pa, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
7 Dec 1964	Boeing 707 131B N796TW	New York Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 7 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
5 Mar 1966	Hughes 269A N8892F	Fort Collins Colo, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Kensair Corp.	No injuries	-
17 Mar 1966	Piper PA-22 N7619D	Lake City Fla, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
16 Jun 1966	Brantly B-2 N2131U	N.platte Nebr, Nebraska, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
6 Sep 1966	Grumman TBM N6894C	Elko Nev, Nevada, United States no coordinates	Sonora Avaitio	Minor injuries	-
27 Oct 1966	Cessna 182 N8829T	Plankinton S Dak, South Dakota, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
9 Jan 1966	Cessna 140A N9489A	Geneva Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 170,864 records in United States