Boeing 747 N93117

4 May 1974 · Los Angeles, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 4 May 1974 at about 13:05 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N93117, operated by Trans World Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Los Angeles, California, United States. 197 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: 4 May 1974 at 13:05
Classification: Incident
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Registration: N93117
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → New York, Ny
Aircraft damage: Minor
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0009

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
197	0	0	0	197

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

#2 ENG FAN COWLING SEPD, HIT L HORZ STAB.MODIFICATION ORDER NOT COMPLETED.LNDD MCI OK.

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 4-0009, 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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