- Date
- June 8, 1971
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 79 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N32719Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161236
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0033 71/6/8 NR.DENVER,COLO BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1437 N32719 PX- 0 1 71 43, 13000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 280 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,COLO WICHITA,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 5500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PAX LEFT SEAT FOR BLUE ROOM DESPITE CREW WARNING OF POSSIBLE TURB.CREW RCV RADAR VECTORS DUE TSTMS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32719
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
N32719Registration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Boeing 727-224Airframe modelBoeing 727-224Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.