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MIA80DA102

1980-09-12 · NASSAU, Atlantic Ocean, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LOCKHEED L1011 · N710DA
Damage
None
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
IMC
Phase of flight
D1

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000193C1084
Total time
18,870 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
23,721
Age
59

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ECHOES ON WX RADAR.

Investigator remarks

PIC RPRTD ENCTRG TURBC IN CS CLDS NR CB CLDS,NO

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
  • 68/A/R0 A
    PERSONNEL FLIGHT ATTENDANT Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/12 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 82/J/X J
    WEATHER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY Joint cause
  • 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 0010. Source file NTSB_1980_1_0010.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.