Boeing 707 N771TW
8 April 1969 · St.louis, Missouri, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 8 April 1969 at about 20:20 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N771TW, operated by Trans World Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near St.louis, Missouri, United States. 59 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- St.louis, Missouri, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 707
- Registration
- N771TW
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Trans World Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Kansas City, Mo → Miami, Fla
- Aircraft damage
- None
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 1-0029
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 57 |
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
ARTC WAS RADAR VECTORING ACFT AROUND WORST TSTM ACTIVITY. ACFT RADAR ON AND OPERATING.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing 707 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 1969 | Boeing 707 | Dulles Airport, Virginia, United States | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 19 Apr 1969 | Boeing 707 | Dulles Int Apt, Virginia, United States | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 20 Mar 1969 | Boeing 707 | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 22 Apr 1969 | Boeing 707 | Baltimore, Maryland, United States | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jul 1969 | Boeing 707 | Pomona, New Jersey, United States | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 5 |
| 5 Jun 1969 | Boeing 707 | Jf Kennedy, New York, United States | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 1969 | Piper PA-28 | Lacosta Is, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Mar 1969 | Cessna 310 | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1969 | Luscombe 8A | Sedalia, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Apr 1969 | Beechcraft H35 | Union Lake, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Midlothian, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 1969 | Taylr Titch M-3 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |