- Date
- December 27, 1987, 10:04 local (17:04 UTC)
- Place
- Denver, CO
- Injuries
- 136 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N72830Mcdonnell Douglas MD-80
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871227081359A
- Case key
- 17391
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During landing roll the acft struck a taxiway marker. Visibility was reported by RVR to be 2200. Actual visibility was near zero due to blowing snow. Plt stated he did not lose cntrl but finite cntrl not possible due to lack of visibility and cross winds of 20 gusting to 30 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72830
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas MD-80
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 49490
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-217/A, 20,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Continental Airlines, Inc., doing business as Continental Airlines
- Registered owner
- Continental Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Destination
- DEN · Denver, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DEN · Stapleton, runway 35R, 12,000 × 200 ft, concrete
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 23,000 total · 3,200 in this make and model · 13,000 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 90 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.