6 November 1967 - TWA 169

Flight TW159 attempted to takeoff from runway 27L when it passed a Delta Airlines DC-9, mired adjacent to the runway. At that moment a sound was heard on the right side of the plane and a yaw movement of the flight controls was felt. The first officer believed that his aircraft had struck the DC-9 and aborted the takeoff at or near the V1 speed. The 707 ran off the runway, shearing off the main gear. The plane came to rest 421ft past the runway end and caught fire.

Legenda CAM-1 = Captain
CAM-2 = First Officer
CAM-3 = Flight Engineer
CAM-? = Unknown
LC = Cincinnati Tower local controller
# = non-pertinent word or phrase

23.39:37.5	CAM-1	Okay, you're lookin' fine. [engine sound reachest highest pitch]
23.39:57.5	CAM-1	Eighty knots, you got 'er.
23.40:01	LC	TWA one twenty eight cleared to land.
23.40:09	CAM-1	Not very # far off the runway.
	CAM-2	Sure as # isn't.
23.40:15	CAM-1	See that fire in the end?
23.40:15.5	CAM-?	[Sound of "Pop"]
23.40:16.5	CAM-2	[Sound of engine power cut] Good God I hit him.
23.40:17.5	CAM-2	Yokes!
23.40:20		[Sound of engine power resumption]
23.40:20.5	CAM-2	Spoilers!
	CAM-1	Oh #.
	CAM-2	Sorry.
	CAM-3	# #
23.40:32		[Sound of impact begins]

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