- Date
- October 10, 1980
- Place
- Newark, NJ · NEWARK, NJ
- Injuries
- 285 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N31015Lockheed L1011N84Rockwell 1121
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 129038
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0031 80/10/10 NEWARK,NJ ROCKWELL 1121 CR- 0 0 3 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0542 N84 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0282 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTIC CITY,NJ NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SPACING OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - LARGE US GEN.AV.-US AIR CARRIER CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY LOCAL CONTROL CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 180 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- NEAR COLLISION.FLT INSP ACFT NOT GIVEN SPCL HANDLING IAW ATC HANDBOOK 7110.65.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0031 80/10/10 NEWARK,NJ LOCKHEED L1011 CR- 0 0 13 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0542 N31015 PX- 0 0269 UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 3 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK INTL OPERATOR - TRANS WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CA NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SPACING OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - LARGE US GEN.AV.-US AIR CARRIER CONTROLLING AGENCY - TOWER RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - BY LOCAL CONTROL CONTROLLED/UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT - CONTROLLED AIRPORT CONTROL ZONE/AREA - YES CONVERGENCE ANGLE-DEGREES - 0 HORIZONTAL COLLISION ANGLE-DEGREES - 180 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - YES ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - OPERATING REMARKS- NEAR COLLISION.OTR ACFT MAKING LOW APCH IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N31015
- Reported as
- Lockheed L1011
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Newark Intl
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.
- Registration
- N84
- Reported as
- Rockwell 1121
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Newark Intl
Other investigations on N31015 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.