# Incident 19811026083359I: Boeing 727225, Greensboro, NC, October 26, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1981, 19:00 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Greensboro
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 36.0726° N, 79.7920° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greensboro, NC, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0726&lon=-79.7920&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8839E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8839E-1994-04-15) (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: 70
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 4,220 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/19811026083359I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT VEERED 6 FEET OFF LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY FOR ABOUT 200 FEET. AIRLINE REFUSED TO ALLOW CREW INTERVIEW BY FAA.

## Other reports on N8839E (1)

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

- [Incident 19820122070379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820122070379I), Jan 22, 1982: Boeing 727225 (N8839E), Houston, TX. Aircraft would not pressurize after takeoff. Returned. Found outflow valve stuck open.

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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