- Date
- October 17, 1965
- Place
- Glenwood Spgs, CO · GLENWOOD SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 5 minor, 108 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N17321Boeing 707 320C
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176299
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0064 65/10/17 GLENWOOD SPGS COL BOEING 707 320C CR- 0 1 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1555 N17321 PX- 0 1106 47, 20637 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 3000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 57 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- COMPANY AND WEATHER BUREAU FORECASTS WERE INADEQVATE WITH REGARD TO TURBULENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17321
- Reported as
- Boeing 707 320C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage