# NTSB DEN69I0025: Boeing 707, N17325, Denver, CO, November 19, 1968

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 19, 1968
- 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: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 81 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 16, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192072
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN69I0025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN69I0025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0016  68/11/19 NR.DENVER,COLO        BOEING 707          CR-  0  0  8  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1048                    N17325              PX-  0  0 73                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT                             IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  UNUSUAL NOISE
                                  FUMES IN CABIN
        REMARKS- PAX SET FIRE IN RT AFT LAVATORY. FIRE EXTINGUISHED BY CREW. ACFT LANDED SAFELY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N17325 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Minor damage

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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