# NTSB MIA821A011: Lockheed L-1011, N371EA, San Juan, PR, November 5, 1981

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 5, 1981
- Place: San Juan, PR · SAN JUAN, PR
- Location: 18.4663° N, 66.1057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Juan, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4663&lon=-66.1057&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 196 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 10, 1982
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122700
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA821A011
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA821A011

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0025   81/11/5   SAN JUAN,PR         LOCKHEED L-1011     CR-  0  0  9  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1909                    N371EA              PX-  0  0187                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLA VERDE
        OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SANTO DOMINGO,DR            SAN JUAN,PR
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN
        REMARKS- SIGNALMAD STATED HE WAS BLINDED BY TAXI LITE,UN SEE WINGWALKER SIGNALS.MINOR DMG TO DC-8,YV-125C.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N371EA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED L-1011
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: Isla Verde

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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