- Date
- April 17, 1981
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 294 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N705DALockheed L-1011
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810417090229I
- Case key
- 125460
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0005 81/4/17 FT LAUDERDALE,FL LOCKHEED L-1011 CR- 0 0 12 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1130 N705DA PX- 0 0282 58, 16300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 220 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - FORT LAUDERDALE OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTA,GA FT LAUDERDALE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: FLAP ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- NUMBER 3 FLAP VANE LINK,PN 1562426-105,FAILED & FLAP VANE SEPD,407HRS AFTER INSTLN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N705DA
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-1011
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Fort Lauderdale
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.