- Date
- February 24, 1971
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 315 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N26861Boeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161323
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0044 71/2/24 DENVER,COLO BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 15 COMPANY FLIGHT AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1910 N26861 PX- 0 0300 UNK/NR, 9706 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 318 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS OR INSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT BROKE THRU RWY SHOULDER DURING 180 DEG TURN AT END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N26861
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Stapleton