# Incident 19900104003169I: Boeing 727225, Atlanta, GA, January 4, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1990, 08:00 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: The William B Hartsfield Atla
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- 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: N8859E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8859E-2012-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 series (registry code 52048, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-9-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900104003169I

## Narrative

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

MECHANIC HIT THE AIRCRAFT CONTROL SURFACE WITH A HANGAR DOOR. HAD FAILED TO FOLLOW COMPANY PROCEDURES.

## Other reports on N8859E (2)

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

- [Incident 19900315038269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900315038269I), Mar 15, 1990: Boeing 727 (N8859E), Newark, NJ. Equipment access door light came on after takeoff. Landed at Newark and closed door.
- [Incident 19780919019769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780919019769I), Sep 19, 1978: Boeing 727 (N8859E), Providence, RI. Engine indicated strut overheat. Aborted takeoff.

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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