Continental Airlines Flight 1713
Wreckage of the aircraft's forward section | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | November 15, 1987 |
| Summary | Crashed following loss of control on takeoff |
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| Aircraft | |
| N626TX, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1985 | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-9-14 |
| Operator | Continental Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | CO1713 |
| ICAO flight No. | COA1713 |
| Call sign | CONTINENTAL 1713 |
| Registration | N626TX |
| Flight origin | Stapleton International Airport |
| Destination | Boise Airport |
| Occupants | 82 |
| Passengers | 77 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 28 |
| Injuries | 53 |
| Survivors | 54 |
Continental Airlines Flight 1713 was a commercial airline flight that crashed while taking off in a snowstorm from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, United States, on November 15, 1987. The Douglas DC-9 airliner, operated by Continental Airlines, was making a scheduled flight to Boise, Idaho. Twenty-five passengers and three crew members died in the crash.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation of the accident determined that the most probable cause of the accident was a combination of multiple factors: the failure on the part of the pilot in command to have the aircraft deiced a second time before takeoff, over-rotation on takeoff by the first officer, and flight crew inexperience.