Boeing 707 N785TW
18 April 1963 · Des Moines, Iowa, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 18 April 1963 at about 13:00 local time, a Boeing 707 registered N785TW, operated by Trans World Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Des Moines, Iowa, United States. 95 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 13:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Des Moines, Iowa, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 707
- Registration
- N785TW
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Trans World Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- None
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0029
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 93 |
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
RADAR SHOWED NO RETURNS. TURB ENCOUNTERED BEFORETURB PROCEDURES WERE COMPLETED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Dec 1963 | Boeing 707 | Elkton, Maryland, United States | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 81 |
| 28 Jun 1963 | Boeing 707 | Litchfield, Michigan, United States | American Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 10 Sep 1963 | Boeing 707 | Los Angeles, California, United States | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 13 Aug 1963 | Boeing 707 | McGuire Afbase, New Jersey, United States | Pan American World Airways, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Sep 1963 | Boeing 707 | Topeka, Kansas, United States | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 28 Sep 1963 | Boeing 707 | Los Angeles, California, United States | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 1963 | Douglas DC-7 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Jan 1963 | Vickers 810 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | Continental Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 8 |
| 3 Feb 1963 | Lockheed 1049H | San Francisco, California, United States | Slick Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 4 |
| 16 Feb 1963 | Curtiss-Wrt C-46F | Puyallup, Washington, United States | Zantop Air Transport | Serious injuries | - |
| 17 Jan 1963 | Fairchild F-27 | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | West Coast Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 3 |
| 12 Feb 1963 | Boeing 720B | Miami, Florida, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 43 |