Eastern Air Lines Flight 935 was a scheduled commercial passenger flight operated by Eastern Air Lines. On September 22, 1981, the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar jet operating the flight suffered an uncontained engine failure which led to a loss of 3 out of the 4 hydraulic systems aboard the aircraft at an altitude of 10,000 feet (3,000 m) MSL. The crew were able to land the aircraft safely to an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport with some limited use of the outboard spoilers, the inboard ailerons and the horizontal stabilizer, plus differential engine power of the remaining two engines. There were no injuries.[1]
 N309EA, the aircraft involved, photographed in June 1973 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | September 22, 1981 |
| Summary | Uncontained engine failure resulting in major loss of hydraulics |
| Site | Emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, United States 40°11′N 74°10′W / 40.183°N 74.167°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar |
| Operator | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration | N309EA |
| Flight origin | Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, New Jersey, United States |
| Destination | Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Occupants | 201 |
| Passengers | 190 |
| Crew | 11 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 201 |
Aircraft
editThe plane was a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, registration N309EA,[2] C/n / msn: 1010, fitted with Rolls-Royce RB211-22B turbofan engines, delivered in July 1972. In April 1973 and 1974, the plane was leased to Trans World Airlines under the same registration. It was en route from Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey to Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Aftermath
editThe aircraft, N309EA, was repaired and returned to service until it was retired in 1988. In 1989, the aircraft was sold to Air Transat and re-registered as C-FTNB. The aircraft was scrapped in 2001.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Aircraft Accident Report-Eastern Airlines Flight 935, Lockheed L-1011-385, N309EA, Near Colts Neck, New Jersey, September 22, 1981" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. 1982-06-01. NTSB-AAR-82-5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2014-05-06. - Copy at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
- ^ "FAA Registry (N309EA)". Federal Aviation Administration.
- ^ "C-FTNB Air Transat Lockheed L-1011 Tristar". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
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