- Date
- July 8, 1974
- Place
- Mexico City, Mexico · MEXICO CITY, Mexico
- Injuries
- 73 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N324EALockheed 1011
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132603
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0016 74/7/8 NR.MEXICO CITY,MEX LOCKHEED 1011 CR- 0 0 13 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1900 N324EA PX- 0 0 60 54, 23695 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 630 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ACAPULCO,MEX MEXICO CITY,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HAIL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - HAIL MISCELLANEOUS - STATIC DISCHARGE WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 11000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED HAIL, RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- OUTER LAYER OF PLT AND CP WINDSHIELD SHATTERED DUE TO HAIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N324EA
- Reported as
- Lockheed 1011
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
N324EARegistration cancelled Aug 16, 1988 · 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.
Other investigations on N324EA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.