Accident · 1987-09-28
What the record says
- Event date
- 1987-09-28
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- LOCKHEED L-1011 (N317EA)
- Operating rule
- Part 121
- Operator
- EASTERN AIRLINES, LLC Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- EASTERN AIRLINES
Probable cause
ENCOUNTER WITH UNDETECTABLE CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE.
Source: NTSB case NYC87FA264Flight 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.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.