Lockheed L-1011 N371EA

5 November 1981 · San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 5 November 1981 at about 19:09 local time, a Lockheed L-1011 registered N371EA, operated by Eastern Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the taxi phase of flight near San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States. 196 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: 5 November 1981 at 19:09
Classification: Incident
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States
Nearest airport: Isla Verde
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed L-1011
Registration: N371EA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: Santo Domingo, Dr → S
Aircraft damage: Minor
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 4-0025

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
196	0	0	0	196

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

SIGNALMAD STATED HE WAS BLINDED BY TAXI LITE, UN SEE WINGWALKER SIGNALS.MINOR DMG TO DC-8, YV-125C.

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 4-0025, 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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