Lockheed 1011 N324EA

8 July 1974 · Mexico City, Mexico · No injuries

Summary

On 8 July 1974 at about 19:00 local time, a Lockheed 1011 registered N324EA, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Mexico City, Mexico. 73 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 8 July 1974 at 19:00
Classification: Incident
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed 1011
Registration: N324EA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Acapulco, Mex → S
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0016

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
73	0	0	0	73

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

OUTER LAYER OF PLT AND CP WINDSHIELD SHATTERED DUE TO HAIL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB 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 4-0016, 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

Mexico 939 Eastern Air Lines, Inc. 205 Lockheed 1011 21 1974 4,628

Other Lockheed 1011 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
19 Apr 1974	Lockheed 1011 N31007	East Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Jul 1974	Lockheed 1011 N308EA	Atlanta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
3 Jul 1974	Lockheed 1011 N706DA	Atlanta, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
17 Jan 1975	Lockheed 1011 N304EA	San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Apr 1975	Lockheed 1011 N31015	Phoenix, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Oct 1975	Lockheed 1011 N31013	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-

All 21 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
21 Apr 1974	Piper PA-24 N6744P	Mexicali, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
26 Jan 1974	Beechcraft S35 N5838K	Lapesca, Mexico no coordinates	S-P Charters I	No injuries	-
9 Feb 1974	Breezy Tcd 11BR N11WT	Guerrero, Mexico no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
28 Feb 1974	Beechcraft V35A N827W	Padilla, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
18 Jan 1974	Cessna 310 N1059Q	Buena Vista, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
14 Mar 1974	Piper PA-34 N55334	Ciudad Juarez, Mexico no coordinates	IFR Piper	No injuries	-

All 939 records in Mexico