Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Miami Intl Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Miami, Florida 33166
Thursday, May 5, 1983 9:15 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The Safety Board's full report on this investigation is provided as Aviation Accident Report number AAR-84/04. To obtain a copy of this report, or to view the executive summary online, please see the Web site at http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/publictn.htm
DESCENDING THRU 15000 FT INTO NASSAU THE #2 ENG WAS SHUT DOWN DUE TO LOW OIL PRESS. AT 16000 FT RETURNING TO MIAMI THE #3 ENG FLAMED OUT, & 3 MIN LATER THE #1 ENG FLAMED OUT. THE ACFT BEGAN DESCENDING WITHOUT POWER FROM 13000 FT. AT ABOUT 10000 FT THE FLIGHTCREW ANNOUNCED THAT DITCHING WAS IMMINENT. THE #2 ENG WAS RESTARTED AT 4000 FT, & THE ACFT MADE A ONE-ENG LANDING AT MIAMI. ALL O-RING SEALS IN THE MASTER CHIP DETECTOR ASSY'S IN THE ENG LUBRICATION SYSTEM WERE MISSING CAUSING OIL LEAKS IN ALL ENGS. PROPER PROCEDURES TO REMOVE, REINSTALL & INSPECT THE DETECTORS FOR OIL LEAKS WEREAVAILABLE. THE FOREMAN KNEW THAT MECHANICS WERE NOT ROUTINELY REPLACING O-RING SEALS. ACCIDENT WAS 9TH CHIP DETECTOR OCCURRENCE SINCE PROCEDURES WERE REVISED 12/81. FAA AWARE OF PROBLEMS ON EAL ACFT BUT DID NOT ASSIGN SPECIAL SURVEILLANCE PRIORITY TO THEM. ATTENDANTS NOT AWARE OF TIME AVAILABLE TO PREPARE CABIN FOR DITCHING. PAX HAD DIFFICULTY LOCATING & DONNING LIFE VESTS.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 5/5/1983 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 915 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | MIAMI |
| Event State | FLORIDA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 33166 |
| Event Date Year | 1983 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | MIAMI INTL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | MIA |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 10 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | 950 Eastern Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | MIA |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | EDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 8000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 2300 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 7 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 22 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 14 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 10 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 172 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 5041 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 23663 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 26 2001 8:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N334EA |
| NTSB Number | MIA83AA136 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 121: Air Carrier |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | None |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | LOCKHEED |
| Aircraft Model | L-1011 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | L-1011 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 193A-1141 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 452000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 358 |
| Number of Engines | 3 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 171 |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | EASTERN AIRLINES, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | |
| Aircraft Owner City | MIAMI |
| Aircraft Owner State | FL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | International |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | MIA |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 856 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | NASSAU |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Descent |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 26 2001 8:07AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 27L |
| Runway Length | 13002 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |