- Date
- November 20, 1970
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 57 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N88714Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158769
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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 70/11/20 NR.DENVER,COLO BOEING 727 CR- 0 1 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1820 N88714 PX- 0 0 50 39, 4076 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SEATTLE,WASH HOUSTON,TEX DENVER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ATNDNT AROSE FRM SEAT,THROWN AGAINST ARMREST,CLOSET,FLOOR,RCVD TWO BROKEN RIBS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88714
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
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