Lockheed L-1011 incident near Ft.Lauderdale, Florida, June 3, 1984
On June 3, 1984 at about 3:05 pm local time, a Lockheed L-1011, registered N724DA, suffered minor damage in an incident near Ft.Lauderdale, Florida (Ft. Lauderdale Int airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under scheduled airline rules (Part 121). No one was hurt; 111 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 3, 1984 · about 3:05 pm local time
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, Florida · Ft. Lauderdale Int
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 111 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Lockheed L-1011
- Registration
- N724DA · registry record · serial 193C-1151
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE ACFT LOST ENG COWLING COMPONENTS DURING THE LANDING ROLL. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ON THE PREVIOUS DAY MECHANICS HAD REMOVED THE #3 ENG LEFT & RIGHT COMPRESSOR FAIRING & REPLACED THE IGNITER PLUGS. THE #3 ENG LEFT GAS GENERATOR COMPRESSOR FAIRING WAS NOT LOCATED.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: instrument: airplane
- Medical certificate: Unknown
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Last inspection: continuous airworthiness programme
- Maximum gross weight: 430,000 lb
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Rolls-Royce 211-22B (turbofan); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: JFK New York NY at 1:30 pm
- Destination: FLL Ft.Lauderdale FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 9L, 8,048 ft by 150 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 080° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 82°F (28°C), dew point 63°F (17°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 2:47 pm from FLL
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 15 | |||
| Passengers | 96 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N724DA the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number MIA84IA174.