- Date
- January 14, 1972
- Place
- El Paso, TX · EL PASO, TX
- Injuries
- 63 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N88705Boeing 707
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165437
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0025 72/1/14 NR.EL PASO,TEX BOEING 707 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0239 N88705 PX- 0 0 56 35, 7200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2475 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LOS ANGELES,CALIF HOUSTON,TEX SAN ANTONIO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT REMARKS- CAPT BECAME ILL,1ST OFFICER LNDD ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88705
- Reported as
- Boeing 707
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
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