On July 30, 1992, at 1741 eastern daylight time, Trans World Airlines scheduled passenger flight 843, an L-1011, NI 1002, experienced an aborted takeoff shortly after liftoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York, en route to San Francisco International Airport, California. The airplane came to rest, upright and on fire, on grass-covered soil, about 290 feet to the left of the departure end of runway 13R. There were no fatalities among the 280 passengers on board the airplane, but there were 10 reportws injuries that occurred during egress. The flight was operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121.
We determined that the probable causes of this accident were design deficiencies in the stall warning system that permitted a defect to go undetected, the failure of TWA's maintenance program to correct a repetitive malfunction of the stall warning system, and inadequate crew coordination between the captain and first officer that resulted in their inappropriate response to a false stall warning.
As a result of this investigation, we made recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration, and to the Port Authority of Nc\v York and New Jersey.
