DEN65I0045

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing B-720B · Salt Lake City, UT · January 4, 1965

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
January 4, 1965
Place
Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Injuries
82 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Standing
Aircraft
N93151Boeing B-720B
Status
Completed · report March 30, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
179701

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0001   65/1/4    SALT LAKE CITY UT   BOEING B-720B       CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AGE UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
        TIME - 1308                    N93151              PX-  0  0 75                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SALT LAKE CITY
        OPERATOR - WESTERN AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND                             STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S)
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT

Aircraft

Registration
N93151
Reported as
Boeing B-720B
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo fan
Damage
Minor damage
Airport
Salt Lake City

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.