- Date
- May 27, 1983, 09:35 local (14:35 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, MO
- Injuries
- 180 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11006Lockheed L-1011-385-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830527031099I
- Case key
- 33371
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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.
Fire
Electrical system,electric wiring - shortedCause
Anti-ice/deice system,windshield - failure,partialFactor
Electrical system,circuit breaker - popped/trippedFactor
Fire extinguisher,portable - otherFactor
Analysis
During descent an electric wire bundle shorted behind the flight engineers panel, a fire erupted with smoke. The flight engineer used a portable fire extinguisher to put out the fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11006
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-1011-385-1 (L-1011-385)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 193B1018
- Airframe hours
- 28,085
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce RB-211, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Trans World Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- STL · St. Louis
- Destination
- MCI · Kansas City, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MCI · International
N11006Registration cancelled Aug 13, 2013 · Lockheed L-1011-385-1Airframe modelLockheed L-1011-385-1
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,602 total · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.