TWA Flight 400

TWA Flight 400

Infobox Airliner accident
name=TWA Flight 400
Date=April 1 1956
Type=Mechanical failure followed by pilot error.
Site=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Fatalities=22 (passengers:21 crew:1)
Injuries=
Aircraft Type=Martin 4-0-4
Origin=Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT/KPIT)
Destination=Newark International Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR)
Operator=Trans World Airlines
Tail Number=N40403
Passengers=33
Crew=3
Survivors=14On April 1, 1956, a Martin 4-0-4, registration #N40403, operating as TWA Flight 400, crashed on takeoff from Greater Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). Twenty-two of the 36 people aboard the aircraft, including one crewmember, perished in the crash. [ [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19560401-0] Aviation Safety Network, Accident Description]

Flight 400 was to be an IFR flight to Newark International Airport (EWR) in Newark, NJ. On this particular flight, the first officer was in the left seat, as he was being line-checked by the captain. As the aircraft became airborne, a sharp yaw was experienced while the first officer reduced power at an altitude of approximately 100 feet. Almost immediately, the fire warning light for the number one engine illuminated, however, the fire warning bell never sounded. At this point, the first officer most likely throttled down the number one engine. The captain had only noted the loss of power shown by the BMEP gauge, but never saw the fire warning light. He pulled the mixture to idle cutoff. As the first officer reached for the manual feathering button, the captain stopped him. The captain indicated that the autofeather device would feather the no. 1 prop. This never occurred, due to the throttle lever being retarded to a position aft of the switches that arm the autofeathering system. The no. 1 prop created sufficient drag, causing the aircraft to continue to yaw to the left. At only 1690 feet past the runway's end, the aircraft crashed.

The fire warning appears to have been caused by an exhaust connector clamp failure. Hot exhaust gases were blown directly onto an overheat detector.

Probable cause of the crash has been determined as: "Uncoordinated emergency action in the very short time available to the crew, which produced an aircraft configuration with insurmountable drag".

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