- Date
- February 16, 1976
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 118 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N88708Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151981
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0012 76/2/16 DENVER,CO BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1835 N88708 PX- 0 1112 53, 9976 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 5857 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON INTL OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,CO CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: BLADE,COMPRESSOR ROTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- 2ND STAGE BLADE RETAINING PIN FAILED.LOOSE BLADE CUT FUEL INLET LINE.PAX INJ DUE TORN EVAC SLIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88708
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stapleton Intl
N88708Registration cancelled May 15, 2013 · 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.
Other investigations on N88708 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX83IA316Incident · Minor injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportLos Angeles, CADuring taxi into the terminal the acft left wing hit a parked tow truck boom. The tow truck was not authorized to be parked in the clear zone due to its height.NTSB DEN81IA046Incident · No injuriesClosedDenver, CO