- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 07, 1975 |
Time: | 1611 |
Location: | Denver, Colorado |
Operator: | Continental Airlines |
Flight #: | 426 |
Route: | Denver - Wichita |
AC Type: | Boeing B-727-224 |
Registration: | N88777 |
cn / ln: | 19798/608 |
Aboard: | 131 (passengers:124 crew:7) |
Fatalities: | 0 (passengers:0 crew:0) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft climbed to about 100 feet above runway 35L and then crashed near the departure end of the runway. At the time of the accident, a thunderstorm with associated rain showers was moving over the northern portion of the airport. The aircraft's encounter, immediately following takeoff, with severe windshear at an altitude and airspeed which precluded recovery to level flight. |
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