# Incident 19870415028069I: Boeing 727225, Washington, DC, April 15, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1987, 21:35 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Washington National
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8846E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8846E-1992-11-17) (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: 76
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870415028069I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A GROUND TUG DURING TAXI.

## Other reports on N8846E (1)

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

- [Incident 19830725040019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830725040019I), Jul 25, 1983: Boeing 727225 (N8846E), Houston, TX. Had loss of oil pressure on #1 engine. Found oil leak at low oil pressure switch.

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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