- Date
- December 29, 1972
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 99 fatal, 60 serious, 17 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N310EALockheed 1011
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1973
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79909
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0016 72/12/29 NR.MIAMI,FLA LOCKHEED 1011 CR- 5 10 0 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2342 N310EA PX- 94 50 17 55, 29700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 280 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMAICA,NY MIAMI,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CREW DIDNT MONITOR INST & DETECT UNEXPECTED DESCENT.PREOCCUPIED BY NOSE GR PSN IND SYS MALFUNCTION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N310EA
- Reported as
- Lockheed 1011
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
N310EARegistration cancelled Jun 21, 1973 · Lockheed L-1011-385-1Airframe modelLockheed L-1011-385-1
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.