- Date
- December 21, 1969
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 92 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N17207Boeing 720
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148206
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0061 69/12/21 NR.DENVER,COLO BOEING 720 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1450 N17207 PX- 0 1 86 38, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CALIF DENVER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 14000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- VERBAL AND VISUAL WARN ISSUED IN ANTICIPATION OF TURBC.STEWARDESS AND PX INJURED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17207
- Reported as
- Boeing 720
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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