# NTSB FTW72IF043: Boeing 707, N88705, El Paso, TX, January 14, 1972

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 14, 1972
- Place: El Paso, TX · EL PASO, TX
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 63 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 12, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165437
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW72IF043
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW72IF043

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88705-1992-10-27), registration cancelled 1992-10-27, S/N 19514 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 707
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-224](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-224) (registry code 1384076) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: No damage

## Other investigations on N88705 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA90RA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA90RA003), Oct 21, 1989: Boeing 727-224 (N88705), Tegucigalpa, Honduras, destroyed, 131 fatal

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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