Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Schlussbericht |
| Datum: | 04 DEZ 1951 |
| Zeit: | 07:25 MST |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas DC-3A |
| Fluggesellschaft: | United Air Lines |
| Kennzeichen: | N17109 |
| Werknummer: | 4999 |
| Baujahr: | 1942 |
| Betriebsstunden: | 15041 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO (DEN) (USA)
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| Flugphase: | Manövrieren (MNV) |
| Betriebsart: | Ausbildungsflug |
| Flug von: | Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN), USA |
| Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN), USA | |
| Flugnummer: | 16 |
United Air Lines Flight 16 departed Denver at 06:55 for a flight to train two applicants for first officer positions with the company. At 30 minutes into the training flight, the DC-3 stalled at an altitude of approximately 8,200 feet MSL (about 3,200 feet above the ground), entered a spin, and crashed before recovery could be effected.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "An inadvertent spin at an altitude too low for recovery." Informationsquelle:
» CAB File No. 1-0096
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Distance from Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO to Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
