Accident · 1988-08-27
What the record says
- Event date
- 1988-08-27
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- BOEING 727-31 (N852TW)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- TRANS WORLD AIRLINES Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- TRANS WORLD AIRLINES
Probable cause
IMPROPER PROCEDURAL CHECKLIST IN WHICH A CRITICAL STEP WAS NOT LISTED.
Source: NTSB case CHI88FA223Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.