
Détails:
A TWA 707-331C, N788TW, operating as Flight 669, crashed during an ILS approach in IFR conditions at John F. Kennedy International Airport, at 22:56 on 12 December 1972. The three crewmembers escaped without injury; there were no passengers on board. The airplane was on a Cat II autoland approach when the flight crew allowed the airplane to descend below the glideslope, and the aircraft struck approach light bars mounted on a wooden pier. The airplane continued on to the runway, but departed to the right, traveling approximately 2,600 feet before coming to a stop, facing the opposite direction. Both main landing gear and all four engines separated from the aircraft during the accident.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain did not maintain a safe descent path by visual external reference during an instrument landing system approach."
accident date: 12-12-1972
type: Boeing 707-331C
registration: N788TW
accident date: 12-12-1972
type: Boeing 707-331C
registration: N788TW
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | mardi 12 décembre 1972 |
| Heure: | 22:56 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Boeing 707-331C |
| Compagnie: | Trans World Airlines - TWA |
| Immatriculation: | N788TW |
| Numéro de série: | 18713/378 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1964 |
| Heures de vol: | 29715 |
| Moteurs: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Substantiels |
| Conséquences: | Repaired |
| Lieu de l'accident: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | A l'atterrissage (LDG) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Baltimore/Washington International Airport, MD (BWI/KBWI), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK), Etats-Unis d'Amérique | |
| Numéro de vol: | TW669 |
A TWA 707-331C, N788TW, operating as Flight 669, crashed during an ILS approach in IFR conditions at John F. Kennedy International Airport, at 22:56 on 12 December 1972. The three crewmembers escaped without injury; there were no passengers on board. The airplane was on a Cat II autoland approach when the flight crew allowed the airplane to descend below the glideslope, and the aircraft struck approach light bars mounted on a wooden pier. The airplane continued on to the runway, but departed to the right, traveling approximately 2,600 feet before coming to a stop, facing the opposite direction. Both main landing gear and all four engines separated from the aircraft during the accident.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain did not maintain a safe descent path by visual external reference during an instrument landing system approach."
Accident investigation:

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accident date: 12-12-1972
type: Boeing 707-331C
registration: N788TW
accident date: 12-12-1972
type: Boeing 707-331C
registration: N788TW
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Baltimore/Washington International Airport, MD et New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY est de 293 km (183 miles).
La distance entre Baltimore/Washington International Airport, MD et New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY est de 293 km (183 miles).
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