Incident Overview
Date: Friday 29 May 1964
Aircraft Type: Boeing 707-331
Owner/operator: Trans World Airlines – TWA
Registration Number: N761TW
Location: Paris-Orly Airport (ORY) –
ÿ France
Phase of Flight: Take off
Status: Substantial, repaired
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 103
Component Affected: Nose GearNose Gear
Category: Accident
A Boeing 707-331, N761TW, experienced a significant damage incident on takeoff at Paris-Orly Airport (ORY), France. All 103 passengers survived. During takeoff, a vibration was detected, prompting the pilot to abort the takeoff. Subsequently, the aircraft collapsed, with the nose gear collapsing due to the rupture of a 1959-manufactured tyre. The incident was attributed to the bursting of this tyre, which resulted from a rupture within an inside wire.A Boeing 707-331, N761TW, experienced a significant damage incident on takeoff at Paris-Orly Airport (ORY), France. All 103 passengers survived. During takeoff, a vibration was detected, prompting the pilot to abort the takeoff. Subsequently, the aircraft collapsed, with the nose gear collapsing due to the rupture of a 1959-manufactured tyre. The incident was attributed to the bursting of this tyre, which resulted from a rupture within an inside wire.
Description
A Boeing 707-331, registered N761TW, sustained substantial damage in a runway excursion accident on takeoff at Paris-Orly Airport (ORY), France. All 103 on board survived. During takeoff, before reaching speed V1, vibration was felt. The pilot decided to abort the takeoff. During the deceleration, the aircraft pulled over to the right and left the runway at the end of its roll, collapsing the nose gear. CAUSE: “The accident resulted from the bursting of the forward right tyre, manufactured in 1959 and retreaded twelve times . This burst was itself the result of the rupture of an inside wire. “
Primary Cause
Bursting of a 1959-manufactured tyre leading to a rupture within an inside wire during takeoff.Bursting of a 1959-manufactured tyre leading to a rupture within an inside wire during takeoff.Share on:
