ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-131B N757TW Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX)

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Accident description

Last updated: 19 June 2013

Status:	Final
Date:	16 JAN 1974
Time:	01:35 PDT
Type:	Boeing 707-131B
Operator:	Trans World Airlines - TWA
Registration:	N757TW
C/n / msn:	18395/309
First flight:	1962
Total airframe hrs:	38876
Engines:	4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 56
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 63
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX) (United States of America)
Phase:	Landing (LDG)
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), United States of America
Destination airport:	Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX), United States of America
Flightnumber:	701

Narrative:
After a night visual runway 06R approach, the aircraft touched down. The nosegear collapsed immediately. The aircraft was destroyed by fire.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The continuation of a visual approach after the flight crew lost outside visual reference because of a low cloud and fog encounter."

Sources:

Official accident investigation report

investigating agency:	National Transport Safety Bureau (NTSB) - USA
report status:	Final
report number:	NTSB/AAR-74-10
report released:	14-AUG-1974
duration of investigation:	210 days (7 months)
download report:	Trans World Airlines, Inc., Boeing 707-131B, N757TW, Los Angeles, California, January 16, 1974. (NTSB/AAR-74-10)

Follow-up / safety actions

NTSB issued 10 Safety Recommendations

Issued: 10-MAY-1974	To:	A-74-045
RAISE THE MINIMUMS FOR RUNWAYS 6R AND 7L APPROACHES AT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO RVR 4,000 FEET OR 3/4 MILE AND THE DH TO 250 FEET ABOVE TOUCHDOWN ZONE ELEVATION. (Closed - Unacceptable Action)
Issued: 10-MAY-1974	To:	A-74-046
INCREASE BOTH APPROACH LIGHT SYSTEMS TO HIGH INTENSITY. (Closed - Unacceptable Action)
Issued: 10-MAY-1974	To:	A-74-047
INSTALL SEQUENCE FLASHERS ON 6R AND 7L INBOUND FROM THE RAILS TO THE 1,000-FOOT BAR. (Closed - Acceptable Action)
Issued: 10-MAY-1974	To:	A-74-048
INSTALL A DME NEAR THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE OF RUNWAY 7L, COCHANNELED ON THE ILS FREQUENCY OF 111.1 MHZ. (Closed - Acceptable Action)
Issued: 10-MAY-1974	To:	A-74-049
REMEDY THE ROUGHNESS OF THE RUNWAY 7L GLIDE SLOPE. (Closed - Acceptable Action)
Issued: 10-MAY-1974	To:	A-74-050
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL WEATHER ADVISORIES AND REQUIRE ADDITIONAL WEATHER OBSERVATIONS WHENEVER ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE TO FOG FORMATION OR WHENEVER NONHOMOGENEOUS FOG CONDITIONS ARE PRESENT OVER THE WESTERN APPROACHES. (Closed - Acceptable Alternate Action)
Issued: 10-MAY-1974	To:	A-74-051
INSTALL VASI\'S ON RUNWAYS 6R AND 7L. (Closed - Acceptable Action)
Issued: 10-MAY-1974	To:	A-74-052
ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN A 1-HOUR DELAY IN THE START OF CURFEW ON THOSE NIGHTS WHEN WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE SUCH THAT LANDINGS TO THE EAST CANNOT BE MADE. THIS DELAY WOULD ALLOW ABOUT 30 PERCENT OF THE LANDINGS SCHEDULED DURING CURFEW HOURS TO BE MADE. IN ADDITION, THE DELAY WOULD PARTIALLY ALLEVIATE THE INDUSTRY\'S PROBLEM OF REPOSITIONING THEIR AIRCRAFT FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY\'S SCHEDULES. (Closed - Acceptable Action)
Issued: 07-NOV-1974	To:	A-74-102
AMEND 14 CFR 25.772 TO REQUIRE THAT PILOT COMPARTMENT DOORS BE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A MEANS FOR THE COCKPIT CREW TO EGRESS THROUGH THE DOORWAY TO THE CABIN, EVEN IF THE DOOR BECOMES JAMMED. (Closed - Acceptable Action)
Issued: 07-NOV-1974	To:	A-74-103
AMEND 14 CFR 121.313 TO REQUIRE THAT, AFTER A REASONABLE DATE, A MEANS BE PROVIDED FOR THE COCKPIT CREW TO EXIT THROUGH THE PILOT COMPARTMENT DOOR TO THE CABIN EVEN IF THE DOOR BECOMES JAMMED. (Closed - Unacceptable Action)

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Distance from New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY to Los Angeles International Airport, CA as the crow flies is 3947 km (2467 miles).

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