- Date
- October 12, 1977
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 164 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4727UBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144272
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0024 77/10/12 DENVER,CO BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 14 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1042 N4727U PX- 0 0150 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON INTL OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,CO LOS ANGELES,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SPACING OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- GC CLEARED A BEECH DUKE TO CROSS ACTIVE 3SEC BFR FLT CLEARED FOR TKOF. DC-10 ALSO LATE RPT ON FNL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4727U
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Stapleton Intl
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