- Date
- September 22, 1972
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N737DBeech D35
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167550
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1799 72/9/22 DENVER,COLO BEECH D35 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 651 TIME - 0848 N737D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 551 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROOMFIELD,COLO DENVER,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE REMARKS- PLT WARNED OF POSSIBLE WAKE TURB FROM PRECEDING DC-10.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N737D
- Reported as
- Beech D35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Stapleton
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