# Incident 19801207086409I: Boeing 727225, Washington, DC, December 7, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1980, 16:28 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Natl
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8881Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8881Z-2017-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- People aboard: 134
- 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/19801207086409I

## Narrative

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

ZG ZK AS FLAPS WERE LOWERED, A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM QUANTITY DEPLETED.  FLEXIBLE PRESSURE HOSE DISCONNECTED.

## Other reports on N8881Z (2)

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

- [Incident 19980311007999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980311007999I), Mar 11, 1998: Boeing 727200 (N8881Z), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Narrative: this office was notified on 3/11/98 at 1430 LCL that a kiwi aircraft had been vandalized and or damaged by snow removal equipment. The damage was…
- [Incident 19791101056229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791101056229I), Nov 1, 1979: Boeing 727 (N8881Z), St Louis, MO, Minor damage. Aircraft became stuck in mud when right main gear went off runway during taxi while turning.

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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