19870821067309I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 757-225 · Atlanta, GA · August 21, 1987

Date
August 21, 1987 · 10:20 local
Place
Atlanta, GA
Airport
The William B Hartsfield Atla
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N510EA
Reported as
Boeing 757225
People aboard
162
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total2,500 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Aircraft lost a panel during climb. Returned. Brackets that secured wing panel improperly installed at the factory.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LOST A PANEL DURING CLIMB. RETURNED. BRACKETS THAT SECURED WING PANEL IMPROPERLY INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY.

Other reports on N510EA · 2

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