Boeing 727-200 crash, Aug 7, 1975, Denver-Stapleton Colorado
Boeing 727-200 accident on August 7, 1975 near Denver-Stapleton Colorado, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Encounter with severe windshear...
- Date: August 7, 1975
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
- Location: Denver-Stapleton Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Encounter with severe windshear immediately after takeoff, caused by thunderstorm outflow at the departure end of the runway
A Continental Boeing 727 took off from Denver Stapleton in a thunderstorm and lost about 41 knots of airspeed shortly after liftoff. It struck the ground beyond the end of the runway and slid to rest, and 15 of the 131 occupants were injured.