Boeing 707 331C N787TW
26 August 1964 · Kansas City Mo, Missouri, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 26 August 1964 at about 10:50 local time, a Boeing 707 331C registered N787TW, operated by Trans World Airlines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Kansas City Mo, Missouri, United States. 138 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
- at 10:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Kansas City Mo, Missouri, United States
- Nearest airport
- Kansas City Mun.
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 707 331C
- Registration
- N787TW
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Trans World Airlines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0043
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 |
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
BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF BY IMPACT WITH RUNWAY APPROACH LIGHTS, EARTH, AND CEMENT DIKE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Nov 1964 | Boeing 707 331 | Rome Italy, Europe | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 48 |
| 29 May 1964 | Boeing 707 331 | Paris France, Europe | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 4 Mar 1965 | Boeing 707 331B | Hicago Ill, Illinois, United States | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 1964 | Convair 285ACF | Chichagof I Alas, Alaska, United States | Alaska Coastal-Ellis | Fatal | 1 |
| 13 Jul 1964 | Hughes 269A | Alief Tex, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 13 Sep 1964 | Hiller UH12B | Ontario Calif, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Sep 1964 | Piper PA-18A | Greenwood Miss, Mississippi, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 2 Feb 1964 | Baird-Hall II | Fremont Calif, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |