# NTSB DEN67I0069: Boeing B-720B, N57208, Denver, CO, April 30, 1967

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 30, 1967
- Place: Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 19, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 116732
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN67I0069
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN67I0069

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0020  67/4/30    DENVER,COLO         BOEING B-720B       CR-  0  0  7  TRAINING                  AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0051                    N57208              PX-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR, 5400 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            1100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON INTL
        OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             LANDING: GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE
        REMARKS- NO.4 ENG CONTACTED RNWY,CAUGHT FIRE.FIRE SELF EXTINGUISHNG DURING LNDG GO-AROUND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N57208 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B-720B
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Stapleton Intl

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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