Boeing 747 N93114

11 September 1975 · London, Europe · No injuries

Summary

On 11 September 1975 at about 06:55 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N93114, operated by Trans World Airlines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the takeoff phase of flight near London, Europe. 151 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: 11 September 1975 at 06:55
Classification: Incident
Location: London, Europe
Nearest airport: Heathrow
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 747
Registration: N93114
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Chicago, Il
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0029

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
151	0	0	0	151

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

GENERAL DISINTEGRATION 4R WHEEL RIM B2602889 IMPROPER TEST PROCEDURES.SVC INFO LETTERS CVRS

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 4-0029, 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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