- Date
- June 2, 1992, 09:05 local (13:05 UTC)
- Place
- Atlanta, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 130 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N718DALockheed L-1011-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920602021499I
- Case key
- 8526
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Probable cause
The overheating of the number 2 air cycle machine which resulted in an emergency evacuation via slides; the failure of the flight attendants to secure the slide girt bars.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The cabin and cockpit filled with smoke during climbout. The pilot declared an emergency and landed without incident. However, during the taxi to the ramp the flight crew started the APU and smoke filled the cabin and cockpit again. The pilot stopped the airplane and ordered an evacuation via the emergency slides. The flight attendants started the evacuation and discovered that three slides would not deploy. Examination of the airplane disclosed that the number 2 air cycle machine had overheated and smoke flowed into the airplane. Additionally, the girt bars on the 3 inoperative slides were not installed in accordance with standard procedures.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N718DA
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-1011-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 193C-1097
- Airframe hours
- 53,937
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce RB211-22C-02, 42,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Delta Air Lines
- Registered owner
- Delta Air Lines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Destination
- LAX · Los Angeles, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ATL · Hartsfield Intl, runway 27, 11,889 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17,500 total · 175 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.