- Date
- August 7, 1975
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 15 serious, 119 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N88777Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1976
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79476
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0012 75/8/7 DENVER,CO BOEING 727 CR- 0 5 2 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1611 N88777 PX- 0 10117 38, 11465 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 483 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PORTLAND,OR HOUSTON,TX TULSA,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - WIND SHEAR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 14000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 82 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- PROBABLY ENCOUNTERED TAILWIND IN EXCESS OF 60K AT OR NEAR POINT OF IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88777
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stapleton
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