Lockheed L-1011-385-1 incident near Kansas City, Missouri, May 27, 1983
On May 27, 1983 at about 2:35 pm local time, a Lockheed L-1011-385-1, registered N11006, suffered minor damage in an incident near Kansas City, Missouri (International airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under scheduled airline rules (Part 121). No one was hurt; 180 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- May 27, 1983 · about 2:35 pm local time
- Place
- Kansas City, Missouri · International
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 180 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Lockheed L-1011-385-1 L-1011-385
- Registration
- N11006 · no longer on the register · serial 193B1018
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · scheduled airline rules (Part 121)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
DURING DESCENT AN ELECTRIC WIRE BUNDLE SHORTED BEHIND THE FLIGHT ENGINEERS PANEL, A FIRE ERUPTED WITH SMOKE. THE FLIGHT ENGINEER USED A PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT OUT THE FIRE.
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: multi-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 16,602 hours in all; 1 in the last 90 days; 1 in the last 30 days
- Medical certificate: Unknown
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 28,085 hours
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded; 469 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 110,000 lb
- Seats: 270
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Rolls-Royce RB-211 (turbojet); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: STL St. Louis at 2:12 pm
- Destination: MCI Kansas City MO
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 0
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Sky: scat at 4,000 ft
- Temperature: 73°F (23°C), dew point 61°F (16°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 11 | |||
| Passengers | 169 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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