- Date
- June 27, 1981
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 27 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N88708Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 123600
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0017 81/6/27 DENVER,CO BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1840 N88708 PX- 0 0 21 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON INTL OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLORADO SPRINGS,CO DENVER,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURST FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- ANTISKID INOP.THREE MAIN TIRES FAILED,FLAPS DMGD BY PIECES OF RUBBER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88708
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Stapleton Intl
N88708Registration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Boeing 727-224Airframe modelBoeing 727-224Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1
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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 DEN76AD032Accident · Serious injuriesClosedDenver, CO