Aviation Crash Map

Boeing 727 N88709

16 December 1970 · Burbank, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 16 December 1970 at about 20:12 local time, a Boeing 727 registered N88709, operated by Continental Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Burbank, California, United States. 91 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:12
Classification
Accident
Location
Burbank, California, United States
Nearest airport
Burbank
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Boeing 727
Registration
N88709
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
3
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Seattle, Wash → Ontario, Calif
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Night (Dark)
NTSB number
1-0047

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
91 0 0 0 91

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

LEFT MLG TRUNNION BEAM FAILED AT BEARING HOLE, STRESS CORROSION CRACKING.AREA NOT PROTECTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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