ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335719
| Date: | Tuesday 4 December 1951 |
| Time: | 07:25 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3A |
| Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
| Registration: | N17109 |
| MSN: | 4999 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 15041 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO (DEN) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN) |
| Denver-Stapleton International Airport, CO (DEN/KDEN) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CAB File No. 1-0096
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