Boeing 727-225 N8892Z
11 July 1987 · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 11 July 1987 at about 22:38 local time, a Boeing 727-225 registered N8892Z, operated by Eastern Air Lines, was involved in an incident near Washington, District of Columbia, United States. 87 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 22:38
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Washington National (DCA)
- Coordinates
- 38.9093, -77.0206
- Aircraft
- Boeing 727-225
- Registration
- N8892Z
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 3
- Operator
- Eastern Air Lines
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Orlando → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Minor
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA87IA204
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
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
DRG ARR, THE ACFT'S RADAR SHOWED TSTMS IN THE AREA OF THE ARPT. AS THE FLT CONTD, ATIS INFO CHGD. WHEN THE PLTS CTCD WASHINGTON APCH CTL WITH OLD ATIS INFO, THE CTLR DID NOT CORRECT THE FLT. THEY WERE ADZD OF HVY RAIN, STRONG WNDS & A PIREP OF WNDSHR NR THE ARPT, BUT THEY WERE NOT INFORMED THAT THE LOW LVL WNDSHR ALERT SYS (LLWAS) WAS INOP. THE FLT WAS VECTORED FOR A ROSSLYN RWY 18 APCH. AFTER CTCG THE TWR, THE PLTS WERE ADZD THE WND WAS FM 230 DEG AT 35 TO 45 KTS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, ON FINAL APCH, THE ACFT WAS 'INUNDATED' BY RAIN. THE CREW LOST SIGHT OF THE ARPT, BGN A MISSED APCH (M/A), & ENCTRD LARGE HAIL & MOD TURBC. DRG THE M/A, THE ACFT STOPPED CLBG AT APRX 600' & THE SPEED SLOWED FM 170 TO 138 KTS. THE CAPT APPLIED FULL PWR & THE ACFT RESPONDED, BUT THE N1 & EGT LMTS WERE EXCEEDED. THE CAPT REDUCED PWR & DIVERTED TO DULLES INTL ARPT. A POST FLT EXAM REVEALED THE 1ST & 2ND STAGE TURBINE BLADES OF ALL 3 ENGS HAD BEEN OVERTEMPED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing 727 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jun 1987 | Boeing 727-251 | Casper, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Sep 1987 | Boeing 727 | Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States | Eastern Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 28 Oct 1987 | Boeing 727-214 | St Croix | Pan American World Airways | No injuries | - |
| 6 Jan 1987 | Boeing 727-223 | Tampa, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Dec 1987 | Boeing 727-231 | Miami, Florida, United States | Trans World Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 1987 | Boeing 727-247 | Calgary, Canada | Western Airlines | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Aug 1987 | Boeing 747-200B | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | All Nippon Airways | Fatal | 1 |
| 21 Aug 1987 | Bell 206B | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | Stuart Aviation | Fatal | 3 |
| 15 Sep 1988 | Cessna 310R | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | Calypso Airways | No injuries | - |
| 30 Nov 1988 | Swearingen SA-226T | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | John T. Rocca | No injuries | - |
| 17 May 1986 | Cessna 340A | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Nov 1986 | Boeing 757-251 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | - | No injuries | - |