Lockheed L-1011-385-1 N11004

Summary

On 8 June 1996 at about 17:00 local time, a Lockheed L-1011-385-1 registered N11004 was involved in an incident near Denver, Colorado, United States. 12 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

8 June 1996 at 17:00

Classification

Incident

Location

Denver, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

39.7893, -104.9599

Aircraft

Lockheed L-1011-385-1

Registration

N11004

Category

Airplane

Engines

3

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Los Angeles → New York

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW96IA240

Nobody was injured.

physical impairment of the captain due to a probable cardiac event.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While cruising during a scheduled domestic flight, the captain began experiencing chest pain. The flight diverted to Denver, where the first officer made an uneventful landing and the captain taxied the aircraft to the gate (the L-1011 was not equipped with nose wheel steering on the first officer's side). The captain was transported to a medical facility. According to emergency room records, the captain had no history of cardiovascular disease. He reported he had been experiencing intermittent retrosternal chest pain since the previous day which was becoming more continuous with radiation to his left jaw and left arm. The clinical impression of the attending physician was chest pain with possible unstable angina, although his electrocardiogram (EKG) was normal.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.