Douglas DC-10 N83NA

16 September 1980 · London, Europe · Serious injuries

Summary

On 16 September 1980 at about 06:35 local time, a Douglas DC-10 registered N83NA, operated by Pan American World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near London, Europe. 234 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 11 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 16 September 1980 at 06:35
Classification: Accident
Location: London, Europe
Nearest airport: Heathrow
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-10
Registration: N83NA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: Z → Z
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Light: Unknown/Not Reported
NTSB number: 1-0016

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
234	0	1	11	222

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

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No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0016, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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