TWA Flight 514
N54328, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in September 1974 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 1, 1974 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error and ATC error |
| Site | |
| 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 |
Trans World Airlines Flight 514 was a domestic scheduled flight of Trans World Airlines from Indianapolis, Indiana, and Columbus, Ohio, to Washington National Airport. On December 1, 1974, the Boeing 727-231 serving the flight was diverted to Washington Dulles International Airport but crashed into Mount Weather, Virginia. All 92 occupants aboard, 85 passengers and 7 crew members, died. In stormy conditions late in the morning, the aircraft was in controlled flight and struck 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.