# Incident 19860921070299I: Airbus A300/, Levittown, PA, September 21, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1986, 17:10 local time
- Place: Levittown, PA
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 40.1523° N, 74.8523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Levittown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1523&lon=-74.8523&mi=10
- Aircraft: NR516 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A300/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,033 total, 44 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/19860921070299I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO DESCEND AT THE SPECIFIED POINT. AIRCRAFT WAS ABOVE CLEARED ALTITUDE AND REQUIRED RADAR VECTORING.

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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