- Date
- August 31, 1978
- Place
- Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 139 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N701DALockheed L-1011
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138961
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0025 78/8/31 NR.CHICAGO,IL LOCKHEED L-1011 CR- 0 0 12 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0630 N701DA PX- 0 0127 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQ.DIRECTIVES,MANUAL,EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - AIR CONDITION,HEATING AND PRESSURIZATION: PRESSURIZATION CONTROL AND INDICATING SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE REMARKS- AIRCRAFT LOST CABIN PRESSURIZATION AT FL350.NO MALFUNCTION FOUND IN SYSTEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N701DA
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-1011
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage