Lockheed L-1011 N318EA

25 August 1973 · Grnd Turk Is, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Serious injuries

Summary

On 25 August 1973 at about 14:08 local time, a Lockheed L-1011 registered N318EA, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Grnd Turk Is, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 179 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 August 1973 at 14:08
Classification: Accident
Location: Grnd Turk Is, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1011
Registration: N318EA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: San Juan, Pr → Miami, Fla
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0032

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
179	0	1	0	178

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0032, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

Also in

Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 136 Eastern Air Lines, Inc. 205 Lockheed L-1011 54 1973 4,451

Other Lockheed L-1011 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
12 Jan 1973	Lockheed L-1011 N307EA	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Jun 1976	Lockheed L-1011 N31013	Salina, Kansas, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
12 Mar 1977	Lockheed L-1011 N329	Atlanta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
31 Aug 1978	Lockheed L-1011 N701DA	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
11 Jun 1978	Lockheed L-1011 N720DA	Atlanta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	Fatal	-
12 Jan 1979	Lockheed L-1011 N324EA	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 54 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
6 Jan 1973	Aero Comdr S-2R N8953Q	Atlantic O.north, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Euramericair, I	Fatal	1
16 Jul 1973	Cessna 150 N8398J	N Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
6 May 1973	Lockheed L18 N620S	Chub Cay, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Karol Investme	Fatal	2
11 Jun 1973	Piper PA-23 N5218Y	Staniel Cay, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
18 Jun 1973	Cessna 172 N5366R	Hope Bay, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	-
27 Aug 1973	Boeing 707 N18703	No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.