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MIA79DA029

1978-12-06 · INTL WATERS, Atlantic Ocean, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N312EA has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BOMBARDIER INC BD-100-1A10, built 2023), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LOCKHEED L1011 · N312EA
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dusk
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1

Weather at impact

Sky
SCATTERED-ABOVE 1000 FEET

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000193M1019
Total time
13,966 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
27,200
Age
59

Cause factors

  • 82/A/L A
    WEATHER TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 68/A/K4 A
    PERSONNEL PASSENGER Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/12 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/CZ J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEAT BELT SIGN ON Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 1 0020. Source file NTSB_1978_1_0020.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.