- Date
- March 5, 1973
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7577ABoeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169614
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0009 73/3/5 DENVER,COLO BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 3 FERRY AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1057 N7577A PX- 0 0 0 56, 16500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 650 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,COLO TULSA,OKLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- 3 ENG FERRY,ACFT VEERED R 3 TIMES,PLT CONT TKOF.L WG TIP,NR 1 ENG HIT GRND.T/D TO R OF RWY IN YAW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7577A
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stapleton
N7577ARegistration cancelled Feb 4, 1982 · Boeing 707-123BAirframe modelBoeing 707-123BEngine modelPratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B
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.