Lockheed L-1011 N334EA
5 May 1983 · Miami, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 5 May 1983 at about 13:15 local time, a Lockheed L-1011 registered N334EA was involved in an incident near Miami, Florida, United States. 172 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 13:15
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Miami, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Miami Intl (MIA)
- Coordinates
- 25.8197, -80.3010
- Aircraft
- Lockheed L-1011
- Registration
- N334EA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 3
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Unknown → Nassau
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA83AA136
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 172 |
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
The Safety Board's full report on this investigation is provided as Aviation Accident Report number AAR-84/04. To obtain a copy of this report, or to view the executive summary online, please see the Web site at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm DESCENDING THRU 15000 FT INTO NASSAU THE #2 ENG WAS SHUT DOWN DUE TO LOW OIL PRESS. AT 16000 FT RETURNING TO MIAMI THE #3 ENG FLAMED OUT, & 3 MIN LATER THE #1 ENG FLAMED OUT. THE ACFT BEGAN DESCENDING WITHOUT POWER FROM 13000 FT. AT ABOUT 10000 FT THE FLIGHTCREW ANNOUNCED THAT DITCHING WAS IMMINENT. THE #2 ENG WAS RESTARTED AT 4000 FT, & THE ACFT MADE A ONE-ENG LANDING AT MIAMI. ALL O-RING SEALS IN THE MASTER CHIP DETECTOR ASSY'S IN THE ENG LUBRICATION SYSTEM WERE MISSING CAUSING OIL LEAKS IN ALL ENGS. PROPER PROCEDURES TO REMOVE, REINSTALL & INSPECT THE DETECTORS FOR OIL LEAKS WEREAVAILABLE. THE FOREMAN KNEW THAT MECHANICS WERE NOT ROUTINELY REPLACING O-RING SEALS. ACCIDENT WAS 9TH CHIP DETECTOR OCCURRENCE SINCE PROCEDURES WERE REVISED 12/81. FAA AWARE OF PROBLEMS ON EAL ACFT BUT DID NOT ASSIGN SPECIAL SURVEILLANCE PRIORITY TO THEM. ATTENDANTS NOT AWARE OF TIME AVAILABLE TO PREPARE CABIN FOR DITCHING. PAX HAD DIFFICULTY LOCATING & DONNING LIFE VESTS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Lockheed L-1011 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 May 1983 | Lockheed L-1011-385-1 | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 May 1983 | Lockheed L-1011-385-1 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Nov 1983 | Lockheed L-1011 | Charleston, South Carolina, United States | Air Canada | Serious injuries | - |
| 3 Jun 1984 | Lockheed L-1011 | Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Apr 1982 | Lockheed L-1011 | Miami, Florida, United States | Eastern Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 11 Jun 1984 | Lockheed L-1011-385-3 | Los Angeles, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jan 1983 | Cessna 152 | La Belle, Florida, United States | Mark Wayne Brown | Fatal | 2 |
| 8 Jan 1983 | Cessna 150 | Green Cove Spgs, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 21 Jan 1983 | Beechcraft C45H | Leesburg, Florida, United States | Raymond A. Waldrop | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Jan 1983 | Beechcraft E18-S | Naples, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jan 1983 | Piper PA-31 | Miami Lakes, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 29 Jan 1983 | MBB SCORPION TOO | Tallahassee, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |