ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330377
| Date: | Wednesday 13 September 1972 |
| Time: | 22:43 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-331C |
| Owner/operator: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
| Registration: | N15712 |
| MSN: | 20068/814 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9424 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | San Francisco International Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) |
| New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the takeoff roll on runway 01R the crew noticed vibration of the aircraft and a slowdown in acceleration after V1 speed. The takeoff was aborted and the aircraft overran into San Francisco Bay. The nosegear and no. 2 engine had separated and the outer 6 feet of the left wing had broken off after striking approach lights.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The initiation of rejected takeoff procedures, beyond V1 speed, with insufficient runway remaining in which to stop the aircraft. The crew action was prompted by the failure of the two right truck rear tires which produced a noticeable aircraft vibration and a reduction in aircraft acceleration."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB/SIR-90/02 (4)
Location
Images:
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; San Francisco-International Airport, CA (SFO); 20 August 1973
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