Continental Air Lines, Inc. accidents

The NTSB database holds 42 accidents and incidents involving Continental Air Lines, Inc., recorded between 1962 to 1982. 3 of them were fatal (7%), and 55 people died.

The deadliest year was 1962, with 45 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (17 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Boeing 727, Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-10.

Most of these records are from United States, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. and Pacific Ocean North Latitudes.

41 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

Records

Fatal

Deaths

Share fatal

1962 to 1982

Period

Show these on the map 1 of 42 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 18

1970s 20

1980s 4

Aircraft types involved

Boeing 727 11 Boeing 707 6 Douglas DC-10 5 Boeing 720 4 Boeing B-720B 4 Boeing 747 3

Where these happened

United States 39 Other-U.s.territories&Posses. 2 Pacific Ocean North Latitudes 1

All 42 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
22 May 1962	Boeing 707 N70775	Unionville, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	45
29 Jan 1963	Vickers 810 N242V	Kansas City, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	8
1 Mar 1978	Douglas DC-10 N68045	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	2
19 Nov 1982	McDonald Douglas DC-10 N68056	Denver, Colorado, United States	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
5 Nov 1981	Boeing 727 N69736	Houston, Texas, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
27 Jun 1981	Boeing 727 N88708	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Nov 1980	Boeing 727 N18479	Yap, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
7 Aug 1979	Boeing 727 N40490	El Paso, Texas, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
3 Jun 1977	Boeing 727 N32725	Tucson, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
27 May 1976	Douglas DC-10 N68044	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
25 May 1976	Boeing 727 N93738	San Antonio, Texas, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
16 Feb 1976	Boeing 727 N88708	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
7 Aug 1975	Boeing 727 N88777	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
25 Jul 1975	Douglas DC-10 N68047	Seattle, Washington, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Sep 1973	Boeing 720B N57204	Ontario, California, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Oct 1972	Boeing 747 N64876	Ontario, California, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
27 Jul 1972	Douglas DC-10 N68042	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 May 1972	Douglas DC-10 N68041	Tucson, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Jan 1972	Boeing 720B N57206	El Paso, Texas, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 Jan 1972	Boeing 707 N88705	El Paso, Texas, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Aug 1971	Boeing 707 N47330	Compton, California, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
8 Jun 1971	Boeing 727 N32719	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
26 Apr 1971	Boeing 747 N26863	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
24 Feb 1971	Boeing 747 N26861	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
16 Dec 1970	Boeing 727 N88709	Burbank, California, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 Nov 1970	Boeing 727 N88714	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
21 Dec 1969	Boeing 720 N17207	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
29 Aug 1969	Douglas DC-9 N8917	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
26 Aug 1969	Boeing 707 N17321	No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
19 Nov 1968	Boeing 707 N17325	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
18 Aug 1967	Boeing 707 N17322	Manila, Other-U.s.territories&Posses. no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
30 Apr 1967	Boeing B-720B N57208	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Dec 1966	Boeing 720B N57205	Los Angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
4 Nov 1966	Boeing 707 124 N74612	Denver Colo, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
14 May 1966	Boeing B-720 N57204	San Antonio Tex, Texas, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
24 Mar 1966	Viscount V-812 N251V	Colo.springs Colo, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Jan 1966	Boeing B-720B N57204	Denver Colo, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
17 Oct 1965	Boeing 707 320C N17321	Glenwood Spgs Col, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
17 Aug 1965	Boeing B-720B N57202	Leavenworth Kans, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
1 Jul 1965	Boeing 707 124 N70773	Kansas City Mo, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
3 May 1965	Boeing B-720B N57201	Los Angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Jul 1962	Vickers 812 N243V	Amarillo, Texas, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-