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| Date: | Monday 9 May 1960 |
| Time: | 16:49 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-331 |
| Owner/operator: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
| Registration: | N765TW |
| MSN: | 17679/88 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 109 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Idlewild - New York -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
| New York Idlewild, NY | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
TWA Flight 100 from LAX was involved in a landing mishap at Idlewild. Landing gear collapsed. Skidded to a stop. Fire occured.
Probable Cause : The Board determines the probable cause of this accident was A poorly conducted instrument approach necessitating a go-around which was initiated too late and improperly executed.
Sources:
https://no.pinterest.com/pin/247346204507172250/
https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/kansascity/k0453.pdf
Netherlands National Archive, photo of the crash scene. http://proxy.handle.net/10648/130423ff-7246-50cd-5813-b225ddb7cbc4
Youngstown Vindicator 10 May 1960, p12 (photos)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jul-2019 19:23 | whiteshark | Added |
| 06-Jul-2019 19:25 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jul-2019 05:51 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Dec-2020 13:51 | hoekb03 | Updated [Source, ] |
| 09-Apr-2021 16:49 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Dec-2021 15:55 | Cobar | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
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