Lockheed L1011 N312EA

6 December 1978 · Intl Waters, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Serious injuries

Summary

On 6 December 1978 at about 00:38 local time, a Lockheed L1011 registered N312EA, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Intl Waters, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 302 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 December 1978 at 00:38
Classification: Accident
Location: Intl Waters, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed L1011
Registration: N312EA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: New York, Ny → San Juan, Pr
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0020

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
302	0	1	2	299

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 1-0020, 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 L1011 9 1978 4,698

Other Lockheed L1011 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
15 Jul 1979	Lockheed L1011 N707DA	Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
12 Sep 1980	Lockheed L1011 N710DA	Nassau, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
10 Oct 1980	Lockheed L1011 N31015	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
13 Nov 1986	Lockheed L1011 N714DA	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Delta Airlines	No injuries	-
16 Jun 1989	Lockheed L1011-385-1 N721DA	Jacks Creek, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
20 Sep 1992	Lockheed L1011-385 N786DL	Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Delta Airlines	No injuries	-

All 9 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
12 Sep 1978	Beechcraft G18S N948Q	Nnassau, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
7 Aug 1978	Aero Comdr 680F N669SA	Ngreat Inagua, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Sep 1978	Boeing SP747 N537PA	Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
7 May 1978	Aerospatle 330J N49496	Atlantic City, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Fatal	2
28 Mar 1978	Douglas DC-8 N1306L	Bimini, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
22 Feb 1978	Mooney M20F N9255V	Ft.lauderdale, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	1

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.