Boeing 727-225A N812EA

Summary

On 12 November 1983 at about 02:00 local time, a Boeing 727-225A registered N812EA, operated by Eastern Airlines, was involved in an accident near Miami, Florida, United States. 159 people were on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 November 1983 at 02:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Miami, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Miami Intl (MIA)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 727-225A

Registration

N812EA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Eastern Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Denver

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

DCA84AA006

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AFTER DEPARTING MIAMI & CLIMBING THROUGH 10,900 FT THE #3 RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE EXPLODED CAUSING MASSIVE DAMAGE TO SYSTEMS A & B HYDRAULIC LINES WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF A & B HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS. THE ACFT RETURNED TO MIAMI & THE CREW WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR USING EMERGENCY MANUAL EXTENSION PROCEDURES. AFTER LANDING WITH THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED, THE LEFT MAIN & NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED & SEPARATED. MASSIVE PLY SEPARATIONS WERE FOUND IN THE #3 TIRE STARTING AT THE TOE BEAD, DOWN THE SIDEWALL & EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AROUND THE CROWN OF THE TIRE AT THE 10TH TO 13TH PLY LAYERS. INSP OF THE SITE WHERE THE SEPARATION MET THE BEAD BUNDLES REVEALED A LOCATION WHERE THE BEAD SEAT HAD BEEN SANDED & SMOOTHED. THE ABRASION HAD REMOVED THE OUTER CHAFER STRIP, SEVERAL COVER PLIES, & HAD EXPOSED THE PLIES COVERING THE TOE BEAD. THE BEAD SEAT, AS WELL AS THE CORDS WRAPPED AROUND THE TOE BEAD, HAD ALSO BEEN SUBJECTED TO EXCESSIVE HEAT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME CAUSING SEVERE DETERIORATION OF THE BEAD SEAT AREA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.