# Incident 19860608078319I: Boeing 727225, Charleston, SC, June 8, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 1986, 10:33 local time
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 32.8996° N, 80.0597° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8996&lon=-80.0597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8865E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 64
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,343 total, 3,971 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL86IA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86IA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860608078319I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE COPILOT LANDED THE AIRLINER. THE PILOT WAS FLYING WITH A KNOWN MEDICAL PROBLEM

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL86IA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86IA162), Jun 8, 1986: Boeing 727-225 (N8865E), Charleston, SC, incident, no damage

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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