# Incident 19870917076919I: Boeing 727264, Pittsburgh, PA, September 17, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1987, 16:05 local time
- Place: Pittsburgh, PA
- Airport: Greater Pittsburgh International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: USAA
- Location: 40.4406° N, 79.9959° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburgh, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4406&lon=-79.9959&mi=10
- Aircraft: N774AL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727264
- People aboard: 70
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26,650 total, 6,770 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC87FA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA257) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870917076919I

## Narrative

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

SEAT BELT SIGN CAME ON. LADY INSISTED ON GOING TO THE LAVATORY. THROWN TO THE FLOOR. PARAMEDICS MET AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC87FA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87FA257), Sep 17, 1987: Boeing 727-200 (N774AL), Pittsburgh, PA, no damage

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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