- Date
- December 16, 1970
- Place
- Burbank, CA · BURBANK, CA
- Injuries
- 91 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N88709Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report September 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158775
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0047 70/12/16 BURBANK,CALIF BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2012 N88709 PX- 0 0 83 38, 6700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BURBANK OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SEATTLE,WASH ONTARIO,CALIF BURBANK,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER REMARKS- LEFT MLG TRUNNION BEAM FAILED AT BEARING HOLE,STRESS CORROSION CRACKING.AREA NOT PROTECTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88709
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Burbank
N88709Registration cancelled Jun 14, 2013 · Boeing 727-224Airframe modelBoeing 727-224Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-1
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Other investigations on N88709 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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