- Date
- June 2, 1981
- Place
- Charleston, SC · CHARLESTON, SC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 166 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N291EAAirbus A300
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125393
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0031 81/6/2 NR.CHARLESTON,SC AIRBUS A300 CR- 0 1 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2012 N291EA PX- 0 0160 52, 15740 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 704 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORLANDO,FL PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 30000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 82 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- SUDDENLY ENCTRD SVR TURB NR EASTERN EDGE OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS & TSTMS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N291EA
- Reported as
- Airbus A300
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
N291EARegistration cancelled Sep 7, 1988 · Airbus Industrie A300 B2K-3CAirframe modelAirbus Industrie A300 B2K-3C
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.