| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | November 20, 1967 |
| Time: | 2057 |
| Location: | Cincinnati International Airport, Covington/Hebron, Kentucky |
| Operator: | Trans World Airlines |
| Flight #: | 128 |
| Route: | Los Angeles - Cincinnati |
| AC Type: | Convair CV-880-22-1 |
| Registration: | N821TW |
| cn / ln: | 22-00-27 |
| Aboard: | 82 (passengers:75 crew:7) |
| Fatalities: | 70 (passengers:65 crew:5) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft struck a tree short of the runway during an approach in snow. Procedural errors by the crew during the approach in adverse weather. The visual approach conducted at night and in deteriorating weather conditions without adequate altimeter cross-reference. The approach was conducted using visual reference to partially lighted irregular terrain which may have been conducive to producing an illusionary sense of adequate terrain clearance. |
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