Plane Crash List

Boeing 747 N26863

26 April 1971 · Denver, Colorado, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 April 1971 at about 00:16 local time, a Boeing 747 registered N26863, operated by Continental Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the landing phase of flight near Denver, Colorado, United States. 86 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 00:16
Classification
Incident
Location
Denver, Colorado, United States
Nearest airport
Stapleton
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Boeing 747
Registration
N26863
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
4
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Los Angeles, Calif → S
Aircraft damage
Minor
Weather
IMC
Light
Night (Dark)
NTSB number
4-0029

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
86 0 0 0 86

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

FAILED TO STOP WITHIN RWY CONFINES AFTER NORMAL LDG.LAST 3000 FT OF RWY VERY SLICK.HIT 2 RWY LTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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