Boeing 707 N8738

24 April 1976 · Paris, Europe · No injuries

Summary

On 24 April 1976 at about 09:39 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N8738, operated by Trans World Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Paris, Europe. 79 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 24 April 1976 at 09:39
Classification: Accident
Location: Paris, Europe
Nearest airport: Charles de Gaulle
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 707
Registration: N8738
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: Rome, Italy → Washington, Dc
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Light: Unknown/Not Reported
NTSB number: 1-0028

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
79	0	0	0	79

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.

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INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE FRENCH GOVT.

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 1-0028, 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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