- Date
- December 6, 1978
- Place
- Intl Waters (Atlantic Ocean) · INTL WATERS, AO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 299 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N312EALockheed L1011
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 139554
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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 78/12/6 INTL WATERS LOCKHEED L1011 CR- 0 0 12 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0038 N312EA PX- 0 1289 59, 27200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2800 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW YORK,NY SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL 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 - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N312EA
- Reported as
- Lockheed L1011
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
N312EARegistration cancelled Apr 30, 1981 · 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.