Boeing B-727 N7024U

5 January 1966 · Sacramento Calif, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 5 January 1966 at about 07:42 local time, a Boeing B-727 registered N7024U, operated by Trans World Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the takeoff phase of flight near Sacramento Calif, California, United States. 70 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: 5 January 1966 at 07:42
Classification: Incident
Location: Sacramento Calif, California, United States
Nearest airport: Sacramento Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing B-727
Registration: N7024U
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Minor
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 4-0002

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
70	0	0	0	70

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

RIGHT INBOARD TRAILING EDGE AFT FLAP ATTACHMENT FITTINGS FAILED.

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 4-0002, 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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