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Coordinates: 32°52'13?N 097°03'04?W
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Delta Air Lines Flight 1141

N473DA, the Boeing 727 in the accident,
at LaGuardia Airport in 1980
Accident
Date August 31, 1988
Summary Crashed on take-off due to incorrect takeoff configuration and Pilot error
Site Dallas/Fort Worth Int'l Airport, Texas
32°52'13?N 097°03'04?W
Aircraft
Aircraft type Boeing 727-232 Advanced
Operator Delta Air Lines
IATA flight No. DL1141
ICAO flight No. DAL1141
Call sign DELTA 1141
Registration N473DA
Flight origin Jackson Municipal Airport
Stopover Dallas/Fort Worth Int'l Airport
Destination Salt Lake City Int'l Airport
Occupants 108
Passengers 101
Crew 7
Fatalities 14
Injuries 76 (26 serious)
Survivors 94
Delta Air Lines Flight 1141

Aftermath

Although the NTSB specifically faulted the captain and co-pilot for the accident, and did not fault Judd (the flight engineer), Judd was unable to find work as a commercial pilot after being fired from Delta. A former Navy pilot, Judd worked as a reserve pilot at Naval Air Station Dallas while appealing his firing,[15] and was later reinstated by Delta.[16]

Media broadcast of the CVR tapes, which demonstrated why the crew failed to extend the airplane's flaps or slats for takeoff, provoked such an outcry by pilots that subsequent releases of CVR data have been restricted by law and carefully vetted by the NTSB.[17][dead link] The law prohibits the NTSB from generally releasing CVR transcripts or recordings; while an exception permits the NTSB to release transcripts related to a safety investigation, there is no exception permitting the NTSB to release copies of the actual recordings.[18]

Dramatization

The crash was featured in the third episode of season 18 of Mayday, titled "Deadly Distraction".

References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av "Delta Air Lines, Inc.; Boeing 727-232, N473DA; Dallas–Fort Worth International Airport, Texas; August 31, 1988" (PDF). Aircraft Accident Report. National Transportation Safety Board. September 26, 1989. NTSB/AAR-89/04. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
^ "S.L.-bound jet crashes and burns in Dallas". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). staff and wire reports. August 31, 1988. p. A1.
^ "Texas airline crash kills no Utahns". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). September 1, 1988. p. A1.
^ Pego, David (September 1, 1988). "Airliner crashes". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. p. 1A.
^ "FAA Registry (N473DA)". Federal Aviation Administration.
^ "Registration Details For N473DA (Delta Air Lines) 727-232". www.planelogger.com. PlaneLogger. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
^ Fensch, Thomas (July 16, 2015). Associated Press Coverage of a Major Disaster: The Crash of Delta Flight 1141. Associated Press. ISBN 9781317403821. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
^ "ASN Accident Description". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
^ "Special Reports: Delta Air Lines Flight 1141". Airdisaster.com. Archived from the original on June 26, 2013. Retrieved June 10, 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b Shannon, Kelley (September 2, 1988). "Pilots got stall warning". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. p. 1A.
^ "Flight 1141 crew joked about dating habits". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Scripps Howard News Service. August 2, 1989. p. A2.
^ "Crew joked before crash about providing 'tidbit'". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. August 2, 1989. p. 48.
^ Jump up to: a b Davidson, Lee (September 27, 1989). "Crew blamed in 1988 crash of airliner bound for S.L." Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. A9.
^ Jump up to: a b "Pilot, co-pilot blamed in Delta crash". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. September 27, 1989. p. 23.
^ "Crash Crew Member Without Blame, But Can't Get Job". Associated Press. October 9, 1989. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
^ "2002 Pilot Seniority List" (PDF). Delta Air Lines. November 1, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2020. (Note: Identified as Judd, S M, seniority date 11/20/87)
^ "NTSB Aviation Image Recording Public Hearing July 27–28, 2004" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
^ 49 U.S.C. § 1114
External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Delta Air Lines Flight 1141.
NTSB report[Usurped!] - Copy at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Air Disaster page on Flight 1141[Usurped!] (Archive[Usurped!])
Cockpit Voice Recording from 1141
The crash of Flight 1141/Crash resurrects memories of 1985 Archived October 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

Casualties[edit]
Two of the four flight attendants (Dunn and Marr) and 12 of the 101 passengers on board died in the crash.[1]:?5?[10] Medical examinations determined that all but one of the fatalities were due to smoke inhalation.[1]:?30?[10] One passenger, who had successfully exited the aircraft, attempted to re-enter the aircraft in order to assist his wife and other passengers still trapped inside;[1]:?5? he suffered severe burns and died 11 days after the accident from his injuries.[1]:?30?

Captain Davis, First Officer Kirkland, two cabin crew members, and 22 passengers were seriously injured. Flight Engineer Judd and 49 passengers received minor injuries; 18 passengers received no injuries.[1] Many of the passengers reported that impact forces were not severe and mostly concentrated towards the back of the aircraft. Captain Davis suffered severe fractures to the rib cage and spine that required surgery.[1]:?30? First Officer Kirkland was badly bruised and sustained a concussion.[1]:?30?

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