- Date
- June 24, 1979
- Place
- Atlanta, GA · ATLANTA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 11 minor, 87 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N724DALockheed L-1011
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790624016599I
- Case key
- 136499
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0014 79/6/24 ATLANTA,GA LOCKHEED L-1011 CR- 0 0 12 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0050 N724DA PX- 0 1 86 58, 28272 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 750 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ATLANTA MUNICIPAL OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA NEW YORK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) MISCELLANEOUS STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: OTHER PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HOT START.EVAC NOT ORDERED BY FLT CREW.PAX USED SLIDE BFR FULLY DEPLOYED,FELL TO RAMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N724DA
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-1011
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Atlanta Municipal
N724DARegistration cancelled Jul 24, 2001 · Lockheed L-1011-385-1-15Airframe modelLockheed L-1011-385-1-15
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N724DA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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