- Date
- May 18, 1966
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6339CDouglas DC-7
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172922
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0038 66/5/18 DENVER COLO DOUGLAS DC-7 CR- 0 0 4 TRAINING ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1740 N6339C PX- 0 0 0 32, 5002 TOTAL HOURS, 50 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON INTL OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE REMARKS- NOSE WHEEL TIRE RECAP SEPARATED,STRUCK AND DISCONNECTED NOSE GEAR TORQUE LINK PINS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6339C
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stapleton Intl
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