# NTSB DEN71ID036: Boeing 747, N26861, Denver, CO, February 24, 1971

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 24, 1971
- Place: Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 315 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 15, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 161323
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN71ID036
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN71ID036

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Stapleton

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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