Boeing 707 N799TW

Summary

On 16 October 1970 at about 08:15 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N799TW, operated by Trans World Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the taxi phase of flight near Dulles Intl Apt, District of Columbia, United States. 61 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 October 1970 at 08:15

Classification

Incident

Location

Dulles Intl Apt, District of Columbia, United States

Nearest airport

Dulles Intl

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 707

Registration

N799TW

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

4

Operator

Trans World Airlines, Inc.

Phase of flight

Taxi

Route

S → San Francisco, Calif

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Daylight

NTSB number

4-0047

Nobody was injured.

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

DRG TKOF CTL CK ELEV CTL QUAD P/N 50-3119-1, R ARM BKN.STRESS FM OVRTORQUED BOLTS.SVC LTR 3003 CVRS

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.