- Date
- May 31, 1973
- Place
- Philadelphia, PA · PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Injuries
- 24 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N313EALockheed 1011
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189841
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0014 73/5/31 PHILADELPHIA,PA LOCKHEED 1011 CR- 0 0 13 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0742 N313EA PX- 0 0 11 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILADELPHIA OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP JAMAICA,NY SAN JUAN,PR PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - AUTO PILOT: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- AUTO PLT HOOK ENGAGED RUDDER SERVO DUE IMPROPER WIRING.CAUSED UNWANTED PEDAL DEFLECTION.LND OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N313EA
- Reported as
- Lockheed 1011
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Philadelphia
N313EARegistration cancelled May 12, 1998 · 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.