TWA Flight 514
N54328, the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 1, 1974 11:09:22 am EST |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error and ATC error |
| Site | Mount Weather, Clarke County, Virginia, United States 39°04.6′N 77°52.9′W / 39.0767°N 77.8817°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 727-231 |
| Operator | Trans World Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | TW514 |
| ICAO flight No. | TWA514 |
| Call sign | TWA 514 |
| Registration | N54328 |
| Flight origin | Indianapolis International Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
| 1st stopover | Port Columbus International Airport, Columbus, Ohio, United States |
| Destination | Washington Dulles International Airport diverted from Washington National Airport |
| Occupants | 92 |
| Passengers | 85 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 92 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Location in the United States
Location in Virginia
Trans World Airlines Flight 514 was a Boeing 727-231 en route from Indianapolis, Indiana and Columbus, Ohio to Washington Dulles International that crashed into Mount Weather, Virginia, on December 1, 1974. All 92 occupants aboard, 85 passengers and 7 crew members, were killed. In stormy conditions late in the morning, the aircraft was in controlled flight and impacted a low mountain 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) northwest of its revised destination. The accident was one of two crashes involving Boeing 727 aircraft in the United States that day, the other being the crash of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231 later that evening near Haverstraw, New York.