Douglas DC-10 N112WA

20 September 1981 · N Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 20 September 1981 at about 02:45 local time, a Douglas DC-10 registered N112WA, operated by World Airways, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near N Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 345 people were on board and one died. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 September 1981 at 02:45
Classification: Accident
Location: N Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-10
Registration: N112WA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: World Airways, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Baltimore, Md → Frankfurt, Germany
Aircraft damage: None
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0027

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
345	1	0	0	344

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

FLT ATNDNT TRAPPED BTN CART IN GALLEY LIFT & LWRCIG.INTRLCK SWS DMGD BY CARTS, BINDING INTMTLY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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 1-0027, 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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Other Douglas DC-10 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
31 Jan 1981	Douglas DC-10 N143US	Leesburg, Virginia, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Oct 1981	Douglas DC-10 N1821U	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
17 Nov 1981	Douglas DC-10 N156US	Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
1 Oct 1981	Douglas DC-10 N112WA	Baltimore, Maryland, United States no coordinates	World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
20 May 1981	Douglas DC-10 N66NA	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Pan American World Airlines	Fatal	-
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All 77 records for this type

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