Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | Montag 23 November 1964 |
Zeit: | 14:09 |
Flugzeugtyp: | Boeing 707-331 |
Fluggesellschaft: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
Kennzeichen: | N769TW |
Werknummer: | 17685/123 |
Baujahr: | 1960 |
Triebwerk: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT4A-12 |
Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 11 |
Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 45 / Insassen: 62 |
Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 50 / Insassen: 73 |
Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Unfallort: | Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO) ( Italien)
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Flugphase: | Start (TOF) |
Betriebsart: | Internationaler Linienflug |
Flug von: | Roma-Fiumicino Airport (FCO/LIRF), Italien |
Flug nach: | Athens-Ellinikon International Airport (ATH/LGAT), Griechenland |
Flugnummer: | TW800 |
Unfallbericht:The Boeing 707 started its takeoff run on runway 25 at 14:05. While accelerating through 80 knots, the no. 4 engine instruments indicated zero thrust followed by the no. 2 engine thrust reverser deployment light. The crew aborted the takeoff at a speed below V1 at 800-900 m down the runway. The plane decelerated slower than expected and veered to the right, until the no. 4 engine struck a pavement roller. The 707 caught fire and traveled another 260 m before coming to rest, engulfed in flames.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Damage to reverse thrust system of No.2 engine, not discernible by means of cockpit instruments, and consisting in the disconnection of a duct with resulting lack of pressure in the pneumatic clamshell door actuating mechanism.
This malfunction allowed in the development of considerable forward thrust by No.2 engine even though the four levers were in the "reverse" position."
Informationsquelle:
» ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest No.16 - Volume III, Circular 82-AN/69 (113-124)
Fotos
accident date:
23-11-1964type: Boeing 707-331
registration: N769TW
Seat map Boeing 707-331 N769TW
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Roma-Fiumicino Airport to Athens-Ellinikon International Airport as the crow flies is 1063 km (665 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.