Originally Posted by
badflaps
There was a lot more to that story than the bulb.
As there always is. However if "the bulb issue" [in fairness lets call it a landing gear indication issue] was never an issue, I argue that the accident would have never happened.
With that said, the NTSB said this
ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1 N310EA Everglades, FL
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the fight crew to monitor the flight instruments during the final 4 minutes of flight, and to detect an unexpected descent soon enough to prevent impact with the ground. Preoccupation with a malfunction of the nose landing gear position indicating system distracted the crew's attention from the instruments and allowed the descent to go unnoticed."