19860208012379I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-223 · Harlingen, TX · February 8, 1986

Date
February 8, 1986 · 00:10 local
Place
Harlingen, TX
Airport
Rio Grande Valley International
Phase of flight
Missed Approach IFR
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
AALA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N871AA
NTSB investigation
NTSBDCA86IA017
Reported as
Boeing 727223
People aboard
131
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
18,000 total7,500 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Struck approach lighting system, touched down short of runway and then made a missed approach. Below minimums.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM, TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF RUNWAY AND THEN MADE A MISSED APPROACH. BELOW MINIMUMS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N871AA · 2

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