Boeing 727-200 N8830E

Summary

On 26 May 1984 at about 07:46 local time, a Boeing 727-200 registered N8830E, operated by Eastern Airlines, was involved in an incident near Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. 27 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 May 1984 at 07:46

Classification

Incident

Location

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Salt Lake City Intn'l (SLC)

Coordinates

40.8093, -111.9404

Aircraft

Boeing 727-200

Registration

N8830E

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Eastern Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Denver → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN84IA163

Nobody was 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

FLT 428 LANDED ON RWY 16R WHICH WAS CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION.THE CLOSURE INFO WAS CONTAINED IN A NOTAM WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED IN ATIS INFO OSCAR. THE FLT CREW REPORTED THEY HAD OBTAINED OSCAR. THE FLT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RWY 16L BUT INSTEAD LANDED ON RWY 16R. THE CAPTAIN REPORTED, 'I LANDED ON RUNWAY 16R, THINKING LEFT CLOSED, AIRLINERS NORMALLY HAVE USED THE WEST RUNWAY, 16R INSTEAD OF 16L. RUNWAY 16R WAS LIGHTED AND EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL AT THE TIME OF OUR LANDING.' WHEN FLT 428 WAS ON FINAL THE RWY LIGHTS FOR RWY 16R WERE ON STEP 3 BECAUSE OF A RWY INSPECTION. VASI AND APCH LIGHTS FOR 16R WERE OFF. THE RWY AND APCH LIGHTS FOR 16L WERE ON STEP 1 AT THE TIME.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.