Continental Airlines Flight 1713
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Continental Airlines Flight 1713, a Douglas Aircraft DC-9-14 aircraft, crashed on take-off during a snowstorm at the Denver, Colorado Stapleton International Airport on Sunday, November 15, 1987. The crash of this airplane, taking off for Boise, Idaho, resulted in the deaths of 28 aircraft occupants, while 54 survived.
According to the FAA report, NTSB Number AAR-88/09 and NTIS Number PB88-910411:
- The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the captain's failure to have the airplane deiced a second time after a delay before takeoff that led to upper wing surface contamination and a loss of control during rapid takeoff rotation by the first officer. Contributing to the accident were the absence of regulatory or management controls governing operations by newly qualified flightcrew members and the confusion that existed between the flightcrew members and air traffic controllers that led to the delay in departure.
