Incident · 1998-04-11
What the record says
- Event date
- 1998-04-11
- Event type
- Incident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- McDonnell Douglas MD82 (N951U)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- TRANS WORLD AIRLINES Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- TRANS WORLD AIRLINES
Probable cause
The failure of the Dual Axis Accelerometer.
Source: NTSB case CHI98IA167Flight 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.