- Date
- March 21, 1974
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 183 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N321EAL0ckheed 1011
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186652
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0017 74/3/21 NR.FT LAUDERDALE,FLA L0CKHEED 1011 CR- 0 0 12 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1915 N321EA PX- 0 1173 53, 24099 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 760 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PHILADELPHIA,PA MIAMI,FLA FT LAUDERDALE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- SEAT BELT LIGHT ON.PAX NOT IN SEAT,FELL,BROKE LEG.PINS IN LEG FM PREVIOUS BREAK.SINGLE AIR BUMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N321EA
- Reported as
- L0ckheed 1011
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage