- Date
- August 29, 1969
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8917Douglas DC-9
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180315
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0027 69/8/29 DENVER,COLO DOUGLAS DC-9 CR- 0 0 3 TRAINING AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1500 N8917 PX- 0 0 0 30, 6000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,COLO DENVER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- UN RECOVER FROM HIGH SINK RATE WHEN TRAINEE RDCD PWR,LWRD NOSE OF ACFT DURG GLIDE SLOPE APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8917
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stapleton