- Date
- November 5, 1981
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 70 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N69736Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811105088899I
- Case key
- 122698
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0023 81/11/5 HOUSTON,TX BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1232 N69736 PX- 0 0 64 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - HOUSTON INTERCONT OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,CO HOUSTON,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- INITIALLY CLRD TO LND RWY 14L,THEN CLEARED RWY 8.DRAGGED R WING TIP TURNING TO ALIGN WITH RWY 8.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69736
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Houston Intercont
FAA reports on this event · 1
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