Incident Overview
Description
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.”
Primary Cause
The captain did not maintain a safe descent path by visual external reference during an instrument landing system approach.The captain did not maintain a safe descent path by visual external reference during an instrument landing system approach.Share on:
