Convair N821TW/Fleet # 8821 was the 27th 880 produced at Convair. In June 1960 the aircraft was stored in San Diego for TWA pending financing by Toolco {Hughes Tool Co.}. The sell and delivery to Trans World Airlines was executed on January 1,1961 with 27.5 flying hours on the airliner. Eleven days later TWA initiated the maiden flight of their new "SuperJet" 880 service using N821TW. On Monday, November 20,1965, Convair 880 N821TW, with 18,846.7...
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Convair N821TW/Fleet # 8821 was the 27th 880 produced at Convair. In June 1960 the aircraft was stored in San Diego for TWA pending financing by Toolco {Hughes Tool Co.}. The sell and delivery to Trans World Airlines was executed on January 1,1961 with 27.5 flying hours on the airliner. Eleven days later TWA initiated the maiden flight of their new "SuperJet" 880 service using N821TW.
On Monday, November 20,1965, Convair 880 N821TW, with 18,846.75 hours of flying time, departed Los Angeles International Airport at 5:37 PM EST with 75 passengers and a crew of 7. The airliner was operating as TWA flight 128 and bound for Boston, Ma. with intermediate stops in Cincinnati, Ohio and Pittsburgh, Pa. Once at cruising altitude, early afternoon in California quickly turned into early evening as the plane traveled eastbound for the Greater Cincinnati Airport.
Light snow was falling in the Cincinnati area as flight 128 received clearance for an instrument landing on runway 18 in Northern Kentucky. The approach was routine although a little rapid. With the airport in sight, flight 128 crossed the Ohio River Valley, only to strike a tree in an apple orchard and impact the ground 9,357 feet short and 429 feet right of the centerline to runway 18. It slid about 2,500 feet before coming to rest,"virtually disintegrated and enveloped in flames" {NTSB Report September 19,1969}. It was 8:56.49.5 PM EST on the cockpit voice recorder..
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