# Accident 19891227065519A: Boeing 727225, Miami, FL, December 27, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1989, 11:40 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N822EA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- Reported engine: PWA JT8D15
- People aboard: 54
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA90LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA042) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891227065519A

## Narrative

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

UNKNOWN TO CREW,A YOUNG MAN STOWED AWAY IN AFT NON PRESSURIZED AIR STAIR DOOR AREA. DIED FROM HYPOXIA AND COLD.

## 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 MIA90LA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA042), Dec 27, 1989: Boeing 727-225B (N822EA), Miami, FL, no damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: FATAL INJURY TO A STOWAWAY DUE TO ASPHYXIA AND HYPOTHERMIA.

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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