- Date
- June 21, 1972
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N307EALockheed 1011
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118025
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0015 72/6/21 MIAMI,FLA LOCKHEED 1011 CR- 0 0 3 TRAINING AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1730 N307EA PX- 0 0 0 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI INTL ARPT OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: FLAP ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- NR 1 L FLAP VANE SEPARATED DUE POOR DESIGN OF VANE ACTUATOR CAM AND WASHER.SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N307EA
- Reported as
- Lockheed 1011
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Miami Intl Arpt