# NTSB DEN65I0045: Boeing B-720B, N93151, Salt Lake City, UT, January 4, 1965

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 4, 1965
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT · SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Location: 40.7608° N, 111.8910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salt Lake City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7608&lon=-111.8910&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 82 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179701
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN65I0045
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN65I0045

## NTSB brief

```
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93151-1974-09-13), registration cancelled 1974-09-13, S/N 18749 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-720B
- Registry model: [Boeing 720-047B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-720-047b) (registry code 1383857) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Salt Lake City

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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