# Incident 19860813053509I: Boeing 727225, Nashville, TN, August 13, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1986, 13:58 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 36.1659° N, 86.7844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1659&lon=-86.7844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8842E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8842E-1996-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- People aboard: 53
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 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/19860813053509I

## Narrative

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

CREW FAILED TO COMPLY WITH ATC INSTRUCTION.

## Other reports on N8842E (1)

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

- [Incident 19781229020999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781229020999I), Dec 29, 1978: Boeing 727200 (N8842E), Chicago, IL, Minor damage. While taxiing to the ramp, the airplane departed hard surface and became stuck in the mud.

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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