Douglas DC-8 N1300L

22 May 1980 · Atlanta, Georgia, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 May 1980 at about 18:05 local time, a Douglas DC-8 registered N1300L, operated by Delta Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the takeoff phase of flight near Atlanta, Georgia, United States. 193 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: 22 May 1980 at 18:05
Classification: Incident
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Nearest airport: Hartsfield
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
Registration: N1300L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Newark, Nj
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 4-0007

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
193	0	0	0	193

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

1ST STAGE FAN BLADE FAILED.AFTER THIS MISHAP AD T80N/26 AMENDED FOR IMPROVED INSPECTION PROC.

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 4-0007, 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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