Kansas City - Kansas City

On September 13, 1965 at 12:40 PM, Kansas City - Kansas City experienced a crash involving Convair CV-880, operated by Trans World Airlines - TWA, with the event recorded near Kansas City Missouri.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a local training flight at Kansas City-Mid-Continent Airport, Missouri, consisting of touch and go manoeuvres. During the takeoff roll, when the aircraft reached the speed of 146 knots, the pilot-in-command started the rotation when the airplane banked right to an angle of 25° then struck the runway surface. It went out of control, veered of runway and came to rest in flames. All four crew members were evacuated while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration N820TW, MSN 22-00-26, year of manufacture 1961.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.2202°, -94.5013°.