Lockheed L-1011 N31031

Summary

On 13 January 1982 at about 00:30 local time, a Lockheed L-1011 registered N31031, operated by Trans World Airlines, was involved in an incident near Chicago, Illinois, United States. 149 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 January 1982 at 00:30

Classification

Incident

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Chicago O'hare Inter'l (ORD)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Lockheed L-1011

Registration

N31031

Category

Airplane

Engines

3

Operator

Trans World Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boston → Los Angeles

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

Unk

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI82IA026

Nobody was injured.

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

THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED BOSTON ON A SCHEDULED FLIGHT WITH THE #1 GENERATOR PLACARDED INOPERATIVE AND NOTED IN THE MINIMUM EQUIPMENT LIST. EN ROUTE TO LOS ANGELES, CA AT FL 350, ABOUT 80 MI NORTHEAST OF BAY CITY, MN., THE CREW NOTED A SIMULTANEOUS LOSS OF #2 AND #3 GENERATORS AND ALL AC POWER. AFTER EXECUTING THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND RESTORING POWERVIA THE APU, THE FLIGHT DIVERTED TO CHICAGO, IL AND MADE A NORMAL LANDING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER THREE GENERATOR HAD AN OPEN FIELD LINING AND THE NUMBER TWO GENERATOR CONTROL UNIT HAD A DEFECTIVE "A" PHASE. THE #1 GENERATORHAD EXPERIENCE A SPRAGUE CLUTCH FAILURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.