# Incident 19870821067309I: Boeing 757225, Atlanta, GA, August 21, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1987, 10:20 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 33.7490° N, 84.3880° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atlanta, GA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7490&lon=-84.3880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N510EA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N510EA-1995-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-225 (registry code 1384959, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757225
- People aboard: 162
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870821067309I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 19880416019009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880416019009I), Apr 16, 1988: Boeing 757225 (N510EA), San Jose, CS. Possible bomb threat on climbout. Returned. Passengers became upset. Attendants opened slides without permission
- [Incident 19861108067049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861108067049I), Nov 8, 1986: Boeing 757225 (N510EA), Kansas City, MO. Engine failed during flight. Maintenance replaced fuel flow governor and fuel pump.

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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