- Date
- November 28, 1977
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 48 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N73143Convair 540
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144273
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0026 77/11/28 NR.DENVER,CO CONVAIR 540 CR- 0 0 3 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1305 N73143 PX- 0 0 45 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - FRONTIER AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RAPID CITY,SD DENVER,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: WHEEL TURBINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURST FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- 3RD STAGE TURBINE WHEEL BURST.HEAVY CARBIDE PRECIPITATION PROPAGATED FATIGUE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73143
- Reported as
- Convair 540
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
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