| Date: | Sunday 30 November 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-131B |
| Owner/operator: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
| Registration: | N797TW |
| MSN: | 18760/393 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 49910 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 133 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL/KSTL) |
| San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) |
Landed with the nosegear retracted.
Sources:
Location
Images:
photo (c) collection Arno Janssen; Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL); December 1979
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