Boeing 737-524 accident near Denver, CO
On December 21, 2008, a Boeing 737-524 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Denver, CO. 6 people were seriously injured. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- December 21, 2008
- Place
- Denver, CO
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737-524 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 6 serious, 41 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 39.751°N, 105.001°W
- NTSB ID
- 20081221X14648
Official records · DCA09MA021
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
- Investigation page: status, final report and safety recommendations
Air traffic control records
- ATC 3 - Factual Report of Group Chairman (see also addendums 1 and 2 dated 1/8/10 and 6/14/10): Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Attachment 1 - DEN ATC Position Logs: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Attachment 2 - Flight Progress Strips: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Attachment 3 - ATC Transcripts: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3 - Attachment 4 - ATCT Daily Record of Facility Operation 12-20-08 to 12-21-08: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
The Safety Board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/A_Acc1.htm. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-10/04. On December 20, 2008, about 1818 mountain standard time, Continental Airlines flight 1404, a Boeing 737-500, N18611, departed the left side of runway 34R during takeoff from Denver International Airport (DEN), Denver, Colorado. A postcrash fire ensued. The captain and 5 of the 110 passengers were seriously injured; the first officer, 2 cabin crewmembers, and 38 passengers received minor injuries; and 1 cabin crewmember and 67 passengers (3 of whom were lap-held children) were uninjured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The scheduled, domestic passenger flight, operated under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121, was departing DEN and was destined for George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston, Texas. At the time of the accident, visual meteorological conditions prevailed, with strong and gusty winds out of the west. The flight operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan.
Probable cause
The captain’s cessation of right rudder input, which was needed to maintain directional control of the airplane, about 4 seconds before the excursion, when the airplane encountered a strong and gusty crosswind that exceeded the captain’s training and experience. Contributing to the accident were the following factors: 1) an air traffic control system that did not require or facilitate the dissemin
From Wikipedia
Continental Airlines Flight 1404 was a Continental Airlines domestic flight from Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas. On the evening of December 20, 2008, the flight crashed while taking off from Denver, resulting in two critical injuries, 36 noncritical injuries, and a hull loss of the Boeing 737-500 aircraft.
Text from Wikipedia, “Continental Airlines Flight 1404”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
