On November 16, 1976, Texas International Flight 987, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14, crashed after rejecting a takeoff from runway 8 right at Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado. The takeoff was rejected when the stall warning stick-shaker activated after the aircraft had rotated for takeoff. When the pilot was unable to stop the aircraft within the confines of the runway, it overran the runway, traversed drainage ditches, struck approach light stanchions, and stopped. Eighty-one passengers and five crewmembers evacuated the aircraft, which had been damaged severely by impact and fire; 14 persons were injured. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was a malfunction of the stall warning system for undetermined reasons which resulted in a false stall warning and an unsuccessful attempt to reject the takeoff after the aircraft had accelerated beyond refusal and rotation speeds.
Aircraft Accident Report - Texas International Airlines, Inc., Douglas DC-9-14, N9104, Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado, November 16, 1976
1977
56 pages
Report
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