| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | November 15, 1987 |
| Time: | 14:15 |
| Location: | Denver, Colorado |
| Operator: | Continental Airlines |
| Flight #: | 1713 |
| Route: | Denver, CO - Boise, ID |
| AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 |
| Registration: | N626TX |
| cn / ln: | 45726/36 |
| Aboard: | 82 (passengers:77 crew:5) |
| Fatalities: | 28 (passengers:25 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | During a snowstorm in Denver, the flight was delayed 27 minutes after de-icing. When the aircraft took off, the crew experienced a rapid rotation during takeoff, overturned and crashed. Icing. Failure of the captain to de-ice a second time. |
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