Boeing 707 crash, Nov 6, 1967 (1 killed), Cincinnati-Nort...
Boeing 707 accident on November 6, 1967 near Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Kentucky, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The NTSB concluded that the...
- Date: November 6, 1967
- Aircraft: Boeing 707
- Location: Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Kentucky, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The NTSB concluded that the TWA flight crew could not successfully abort the takeoff at the speed the aircraft had reached, so a runway overrun was unavoidable.
TWA Flight 159, a Boeing 707 on a scheduled service from New York to Los Angeles via Cincinnati, began its takeoff from Cincinnati on 6 November 1967 while a Delta jet was stuck off the runway after landing. The TWA crew aborted the takeoff, and the aircraft overran the runway, went down an embankment and caught fire. One passenger was killed and others were injured, and the aircraft was written off.