# Incident 19811120080209I: Boeing 72725, Atlanta, GA, November 20, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1981, 00:10 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8105N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8105N-2014-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-25 (registry code 1384006, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1 (registry code 52044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 72725
- People aboard: 300
- 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/19811120080209I

## Narrative

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

TORANDO HIT AIRPORT, 11 AIRCRAFT AND 300 PASSENGERS INVOLVED. MINOR INJURY TO ONE RAMP PERSON.SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N8105N (1)

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

- [Incident 19851120064819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851120064819I), Nov 20, 1985: Boeing 72725 (N8105N), Philadelphia, PA. Loss of power on nr 1 and nr 3 engines. Diverted.engines operated normally at decreased power. Cause undetermined.

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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