19801223087959I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727225 · Freeport, Bahamas · December 23, 1980

Date
December 23, 1980 · 21:00 local
Place
Freeport, Bahamas
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8879Z
Reported as
Boeing 727225
People aboard
19
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Heavy rainshower during touchdown caused pilot to lose sight of runway. Left wingtip struck runway during go-around

As the FAA filed it

HEAVY RAINSHOWER DURING TOUCHDOWN CAUSED PILOT TO LOSE SIGHT OF RUNWAY. LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK RUNWAY DURING GO-AROUND