Accident · 1990-10-03

NTSB case MIA91LA005 · MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-31 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1990-10-03
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-31 (N8923E)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: EASTERN AIRLINES, LLC Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): EASTERN AIR LINES

Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE CAPTAIN TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES, HIS IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION BY ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO CONTINUE INTO THE OVERHANG (ANVIL) OF A THUNDERSTORM, FAILURE OF THE PASSENGERS TO ABIDE BY PROCEDURES/INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING USE OF SEAT BELTS, AND FAILURE OF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS TO ENFORCE THE USE OF SEATBELTS. THE WEATHER CONDITION (TURBULENCE) WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

Source: NTSB case MIA91LA005

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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