42.8864° N, 78.8784° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 19, 1986 · 16:20 local
Place
Buffalo, NY
Airport
Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Aircraft
N979EA
Reported as
Doug DC9/
People aboard
74
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,000 total2,300 in this make and model182 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.
Landed when airport weather was below minimums with touchdown zone lights inoperative.
As the FAA filed it
LANDED WHEN AIRPORT WEATHER WAS BELOW MINIMUMS WITH TOUCHDOWN ZONE LIGHTS INOPERATIVE.