# Incident 19780119003569I: Boeing 727200, Charlotte, NC, January 19, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 1978, 16:53 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Airport: Douglas Municipal
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd From Ldg/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EAL
- Location: 35.2271° N, 80.8431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlotte, NC, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2271&lon=-80.8431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8855E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8855E-2013-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727200
- People aboard: 68
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780119003569I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AFTER TURN OFF ONTO TAXIWAY MAIN LANDING GEAR RAN OFF INTO MUD. PASSENGERS OFF LOADED.

## Other reports on N8855E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19900130004979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900130004979I), Jan 30, 1990: Boeing 727225 (N8855E), Pittsburgh, PA. Unable to control pressurization in auto or manual. Oxygen masks were deployed. Returned to Pittsburgh.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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