Boeing 757 N523EA

29 September 1988 · Alajuela, Costa Rica · No injuries

Summary

On 29 September 1988 at about 00:00 local time, a Boeing 757 registered N523EA, operated by Eastern Airlines, was involved in an accident near Alajuela, Costa Rica. 128 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 September 1988 at 00:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Alajuela, Costa Rica
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 757
Registration: N523EA
Operator: Eastern Airlines
Operating rule: Part 121: Air Carrier
Purpose of flight: Unknown
Phase of flight: Not recorded
Aircraft damage: Not recorded
NTSB number: DCA88RA108

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
128	0	0	0	128

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.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record DCA88RA108, from the public aviation accident database.

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Also in

Costa Rica 53 Eastern Airlines 11 Boeing 757 207 1988 2,685

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