Accident · 1989-06-16

NTSB case ATL89FA161 · LOCKHEED L1011-385-1 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1989-06-16
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: LOCKHEED L1011-385-1 (N721DA)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PASSENGERS TO REMAIN SEATED WITH THEIR SEAT BELTS FASTENED AS THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED UNFORECAST SEVERE CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE.

Source: NTSB case ATL89FA161

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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