Eastern Air Lines Flight 935
Accident
N309EA, the aircraft involved, photographed in June 1973
Date	September 22, 1981
Summary	Uncontained engine failure due to oil leak, leading to loss of most hydraulic systems and control failures
Site	Emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, United States 40°11′N 74°10′W / 40.183°N 74.167°W / 40.183; -74.167
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar
Operator	Eastern Air Lines
Registration	N309EA
Flight origin	Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, New Jersey, United States
Destination	Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Occupants	201
Passengers	190
Crew	11
Fatalities	0
Injuries	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 10,000 feet (3,000 m) 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 N309EA,^[2] 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.^[3]

References

^ "Aircraft Accident Report-Eastern Airlines Flight 935, Lockheed L-1011-385, N309EA, Near Colts Neck, New Jersey, September 22, 1981" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. 1982-06-01. NTSB-AAR-82-5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2014-05-06. - Copy at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
^ "FAA Registry (N309EA)". Federal Aviation Administration.
^ "C-FTNB Air Transat Lockheed L-1011 Tristar". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2022-04-28.

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1981

Feb 7

1981 Pushkin Tu-104 crash

Mar 2

Pakistan International Airlines Flight 326

Mar 28

Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 206

May 2

Aer Lingus Flight 164

May 7

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 901

Jun 14

Aeroflot Flight 498

Jun 26

Dan-Air Flight 240

Jul 18

Armenia mid-air collision

Jul 20

Somali Airlines Flight 40

Jul 27

Aeroméxico Flight 230

Jul 31

Panamanian Air Force Twin Otter crash

Aug 9

1981 Barrington Tops Cessna 210 disappearance

Aug 13

G-ASWI ditching

Aug 19

Gulf of Sidra incident

Aug 22

Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103

Aug 24

Aeroflot Flight 811

Aug 26

Aeropesca Colombia Flight 221

Sep 18

Zheleznogorsk mid-air collision

Sep 22

Eastern Air Lines Flight 935

Sep 29

Indian Airlines Flight 423

Oct 6

NLM CityHopper Flight 431

Nov 8

Aeroméxico Flight 110

Nov 17

Aeroflot Flight 3603

Dec 1

Inex-Adria Flight 1308

1980 ◄ ► 1982

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States and U.S. territories in the 1980s
1980	Air Wisconsin Flight 965
1981	Eastern Air Lines Flight 935
1982	Air Florida Flight 90 Thunderbirds Indian Springs Diamond Crash World Airways Flight 30 Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458 Pan Am Flight 759 Twilight Zone accident Pan Am Flight 830
1983	United Airlines Flight 2885 Eastern Air Lines Flight 855 Air Canada Flight 797 Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 Air Illinois Flight 710 Ozark Air Lines Flight 650 Anchorage runway collision
1984	Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 901 Vieques Air Link Flight 901A San Luis Obispo mid-air collision Provincetown-Boston Airlines Flight 1039
1985	Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 China Airlines Flight 006 Eastern Air Lines Flight 494 Delta Air Lines Flight 191 Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 Henson Airlines Flight 1517 Teterboro mid-air collision Death of Ricky Nelson
1986	Grand Canyon mid-air collision Aeroméxico Flight 498 Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1628 incident
1987	SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834 Northwest Airlink Flight 2268 American Eagle Flight 5452 Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Indianapolis Ramada Inn A-7D Corsair II crash Continental Airlines Flight 1713 Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771
1988	Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286 American Airlines Flight 132 AVAir Flight 3378 Aloha Airlines Flight 243 TACA Flight 110 Delta Air Lines Flight 1141
1989	United Airlines Flight 811 Evergreen International Airlines Flight 17 United Airlines Flight 232 USAir Flight 5050 KLM Flight 867 United Express Flight 2415
This list is incomplete.

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