New York - San Francisco

On July 30, 1992 at 05:41 PM, New York - San Francisco experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, operated by Trans World Airlines - TWA, with the event recorded near New York-JFK New York.

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

292 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 292 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 12, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 280, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Immediately after liftoff the stick shaker activated, and the first officer, who was making the takeoff, said 'you got it.' The captain took control, closed the thrust levers, and landed. He applied full reverse thrust and maximum braking, and turned the airplane off the runway to avoid a barrier at the end. A system design deficiency permitted a malfunctioning aoa sensor to cause a false stall warning. The sensor had experienced 9 previous malfunctions, and was inspected and returned to service without a determination on the reason for the intermittent malfunction. The first officer had incorrectly perceived that the airplane was stalling and gave control to the captain without proper coordination of the transfer of control. All 292 occupants were rescued, among them 10 were injured, one seriously.

Aircraft reference details include registration N11002, MSN 193B-1014, year of manufacture 1972.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.6429°, -73.7794°.