- Date
- August 10, 1981
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL · FT.LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 136 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N726DALockheed L-1011
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810810080989I
- Case key
- 123601
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0020 81/8/10 NR.FT.LAUDERDALE,FL LOCKHEED L-1011 CR- 0 0 12 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1435 N726DA PX- 0 0124 54, 25880 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 468 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - DELTA AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.LAUDERDALE,FL NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: BEARING,ROTOR SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- LP LOCATION BEARING,PN LK57683,FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N726DA
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-1011
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
N726DARegistration cancelled Jan 23, 1986 · Lockheed L-1011-385-1Airframe modelLockheed L-1011-385-1
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N726DA · 1
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