# Incident 19820913061269I: Boeing 727, Wilmington, SC, September 13, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1982
- Place: Wilmington, SC
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Aircraft: N8840 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- People aboard: 34
- 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/19820913061269I

## Narrative

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

#3 BLEED AIR TRIPPED AT 37,000 FEET. USED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. CABIN PRESSURE CLIMBED, MASKS DROPPED.

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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