Accident · 1999-03-17
What the record says
- Event date
- 1999-03-17
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737-300 (N17321)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.
Probable cause
The flight attendant's failure to follow cabin door opening procedures.
Source: NTSB case NYC99LA076Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.