- Date
- May 24, 1983, 19:05 local (May 25, 1983, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- St. Louis, MO
- Injuries
- 131 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N31013Lockheed L-1011-385-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830524033289I
- Case key
- 33370
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While taxiing to the gate the number 1 engine struck a baggage cart in an area normally occupied by aircraft. The pilotsundivided attention was to the signalman.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31013
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-1011-385-1 (L-1011-385)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1035
- Airframe hours
- 25,508
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce RB-211-22B, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Transworld Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- PHX · Phoenix, AZ
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- STL · Lambert-St. Louis
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,705 total · 467 in this make and model · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Observed at
- STL
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 N31013 · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.