- Date
- September 20, 1981
- Place
- N Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · N ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 344 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N112WADouglas DC-10
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1982
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79728
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0027 81/9/20 N ATLANTIC OCEAN DOUGLAS DC-10 CR- 1 0 13 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0245 N112WA PX- 0 0331 51, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - WORLD AIRWAYS,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BALTIMORE,MD FRANKFURT,GERMANY LONDON,ENGLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: SWITCHES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN REMARKS- FLT ATNDNT TRAPPED BTN CART IN GALLEY LIFT & LWR CIG.INTRLCK SWS DMGD BY CARTS,BINDING INTMTLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N112WA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-10
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage