- Date
- September 12, 1980
- Place
- Nassau (Atlantic Ocean) · NASSAU,BAHAMAS, AO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 10 minor, 57 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N710DALockheed L1011
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128823
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0010 80/9/12 NR.NASSAU,BAHAMAS LOCKHEED L1011 CR- 0 0 12 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1800 N710DA PX- 0 2 55 59, 23721 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 1846 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA 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 PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 REMARKS- PIC RPRTD ENCTRG TURBC IN CS CLDS NR CB CLDS,NO ECHOES ON WX RADAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N710DA
- Reported as
- Lockheed L1011
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage