Lockheed 1011 N320EA

9 October 1977 · Orlando, Florida, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 9 October 1977 at about 12:05 local time, a Lockheed 1011 registered N320EA, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during in flight near Orlando, Florida, United States. 163 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 9 October 1977 at 12:05
Classification: Incident
Location: Orlando, Florida, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed 1011
Registration: N320EA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Chicago, Il → San Juan, Pr
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0022

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
163	0	0	1	162

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

FAILURE OF RT GALLEY LIFT OPERATING MECHANISM RESULTING IN MINOR INJURY TO PERSONNEL.

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 4-0022, 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.

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Other Lockheed 1011 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
13 Apr 1977	Lockheed 1011 N707DA	San Diego, California, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
25 Jan 1976	Lockheed 1011 N715DA	Detroit, Michigan, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	No 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	-
2 Sep 1975	Lockheed 1011 N319EA	Orlando, Florida, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-

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