- Date
- June 3, 1977
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 91 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N32725Boeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1978
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79441
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0022 77/6/3 TUCSON,AZ BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 7 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1258 N32725 PX- 0 0 84 41, 6820 TOTAL HOURS, 420 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUCSON INTL OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HOUSTON,TX LOS ANGELES,CA PHOENIX,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - WIND SHEAR WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 9000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING DUST 92 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 21 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- EVIDENT HAZARDOUS WIND CONDITIONS.HIT PWR LINES ABT 710FT FRM DEPARTURE END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32725
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tucson Intl
N32725Registration cancelled Jan 17, 2018 · Boeing 727-224Airframe modelBoeing 727-224Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series
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