Accident · 1996-08-25

What the record says

Event date

1996-08-25

Event type

Accident

Highest injury level

No injuries

Aircraft

Lockheed L-1011-100 (N31031)

Operating rule

Part 121

Operator

operator not named in the NTSB record

Probable cause

failure of the flight crew to complete the published checklist and to adequately cross-check the actions of each other, which resulted in their failure to detect that the leading edge slats had not extended and led to the aircraft's tail contacting the runway during the computer-driven, auto-land flare for landing. Factors related to the accident were: the manufacturer's inadequate inspection procedures for the slat drive system; and the operator's inadequate checklist, which did not include having the flight engineer monitor the double needle slat gauge.

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.