Boeing 727-225 N802EA
17 January 1986 · Loudon County, Virginia, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 17 January 1986 at about 23:51 local time, a Boeing 727-225 registered N802EA, operated by Eastern Airlines, was involved in an accident near Loudon County, Virginia, United States. 131 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 23:51
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Loudon County, Virginia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Dulles Int'l Airport (IAD)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 727-225
- Registration
- N802EA
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 3
- Operator
- Eastern Airlines
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Miami → Washington
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- DCA86AA014
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 |
Probable cause
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
THE RT MAIN LNDG GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND FOR LNDG AT WASH NATL ARPT. THE LNDG WAS ABORTED AND THE CREW ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE SITUATION BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. AN EMERGENCY GEAR-UP LNDG WAS MADE AT DULLES INTERNATL ARPT. THE CREW AND PASSG EVACUATED WITHOUT INJURY. POST ACC EXAM SHOWED THAT THE RT DOWNLOCK LINK BEARING HAD CORRODED AND SEIZED; BOEING PART #BACB10B107J. THERE IS NO EXTERNAL PROVISION FOR LUBRICATION OF THIS PART AND NO REQUIRMENT FOR DISASSEMBLY TO INSPECT OR LUBRICATE. AN 'INSTALLED' INSPECTION WAS DONE AT 'A' CHECKS EACH 130 HRS AND 'C' CHECKS EVERY 36 DAYS. THE MOST RECENT WAS AN 'A' CHECK ON 10/28/85.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing 727 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Feb 1986 | Boeing 727-223 | Harlingen, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Feb 1986 | Boeing 727-225 | New York, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Jan 1986 | Boeing 727-232 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 16 Mar 1986 | Boeing 727 | Miami, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jul 1986 | Boeing 727-225 | Miami, Florida, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 23 May 1986 | Boeing 727-295 | Nashville, Tennessee, United States | Piedmont Airline | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jan 1986 | Cessna R182 | Leesburg, Virginia, United States | Federal Bureau of Invst. | No injuries | - |
| 8 Feb 1986 | Piper PA-32-260 | Lynchburg, Virginia, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 1 Mar 1986 | Cessna 182R | Manassas, Virginia, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 9 Mar 1986 | Hughes 500D | Mt. Crawford, Virginia, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 7 Apr 1986 | Piper PA-28-140 | Chesapeake, Virginia, United States | Louisiana Delta | Fatal | 3 |
| 2 Jul 1986 | Beechcraft 95-B 55 | Lynchburg, Virginia, United States | Michael R. Drinkard | Fatal | 4 |