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| Title: | Nosewheel collapse on landing, Trans World Airlines, Inc., Boeing 707-131B, N757TW, Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles , California, January 16, 1974 |
| Micro summary: | This Boeing 707-131B experienced a nosewheel collapse during a visual landing. |
| Event Time: | 1974-01-16 at 0135 PDT |
| File Name: | 1974-01-16-US.pdf |
| Publishing Agency: | National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) |
| Publishing Country: | USA |
| Report number: | NTSB-AAR-74-10 |
| Pages: | 30 |
| Site of event: | Landing, LAX RWY 6R |
| Departure: | John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York, USA |
| Destination: | Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Airplane Type(s): | Boeing 707-131B |
| Flight Phase: | Landing |
| Registration(s): | N757TW |
| Operator(s): | Trans World Airlines |
| Type of flight: | Revenue |
| Occupants: | 65 |
| Fatalities: | 0 |
| Serious Injuries: | 8 |
| Minor/Non-Injured: | 57 |
| Other Injuries: | 0 |
| Executive Summary: | About 0135 PDT on January 16, 1974, the nose landing gear of Trans World Airlines, Inc., Flight 701, collapsed upon touchdown after a night visual approach to runway 6R at the Los Angeles International Airport. Of the 58 passengers and 7 crewmembers on board, 8 persons were injured. All injuries were incurred during the emergency evacuation. A postcrash fire destroyed the fuselage. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the continuation of a visual approach after the flightcrew lost outside visual reference because of a low cloud and fog encounter. |
| Learning Keywords: | Operations - Evacuation |
| Operations - Unstabilized Approach | |
| Systems - Landing Gear | |
| Systems - Landing Gear - Nose Gear Collapse |
| Close match: | Nosewheel collapse, Futura Boeing 737-800 (EC-HMK), Shannon Airport, Ireland, November 30, 2000 |
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