- Date
- March 12, 1977
- Place
- Atlanta, GA · ATLANTA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 123 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N329Lockheed L-1011
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 156889
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0020 77/3/12 NR.ATLANTA,GA LOCKHEED L-1011 CR- 0 0 13 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2130 N329 PX- 0 1110 57, 30000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1870 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA MIAMI,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS 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 - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N329
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-1011
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
N329Registered now · Grumman G-21AAirframe modelGrumman G-21AEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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.