Eastern Air Lines Flight 935 Explained

Occurrence Type:Accident
Eastern Air Lines Flight 935
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
Occupants:201
Passengers:190
Crew:11
Aircraft Type:Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar
Operator:Eastern Air Lines
Tail Number:N309EA
Origin:Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, New Jersey, United States
Destination:Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Injuries:0
Fatalities:0
Survivors:201

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 10000feet 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]

Aircraft

The plane was a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar, registration 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

The 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.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1982-06-01 . Aircraft Accident Report-Eastern Airlines Flight 935, Lockheed L-1011-385, N309EA, Near Colts Neck, New Jersey, September 22, 1981 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160409040017/http://ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8205.pdf . 2016-04-09 . 2014-05-06 . . NTSB-AAR-82-5. - Copy at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
  2. Web site: C-FTNB Air Transat Lockheed L-1011 Tristar . 2022-04-28 . www.planespotters.net . en.