# Incident 19801223087959I: Boeing 727225, Freeport, Bahamas, December 23, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1980, 21:00 local time
- Place: Freeport, Bahamas
- Airport: International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Aircraft: N8879Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- People aboard: 19
- 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/19801223087959I

## Narrative

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

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

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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