- Date
- January 17, 1975
- Place
- San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Injuries
- 76 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N304EALockheed 1011
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148665
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0003 75/1/17 SAN JUAN,PR LOCKHEED 1011 CR- 0 0 10 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1750 N304EA PX- 0 0 66 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JUAN INTL OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN SYSTEMS - AIR CONDITION,HEATING AND PRESSURIZATION: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT REMARKS- FIRE IN C-3 CARGO COMPT.SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OF TAPE BONDING INS BLANKET ARND SUMP DRAIN HEATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N304EA
- Reported as
- Lockheed 1011
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- San Juan Intl
N304EARegistration cancelled Aug 4, 2009 · Lockheed L-1011-385-1Airframe modelLockheed L-1011-385-1Engine modelRolls-Royce SPEY MK 511SR
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.