# Incident 19900404014989I: Boeing 727225, Washington, DC, April 4, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 1990, 13:46 local time
- Place: Washington, DC
- Airport: Washington National
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EALA
- Location: 38.8951° N, 77.0364° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Washington, DC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8951&lon=-77.0364&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8831E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8831E-1991-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- People aboard: 77
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,138 total, 5,447 in this make and model, 134 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900404014989I

## Narrative

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

AFTER ROTATION STAIR LIGHT CAME ON AND STAIRS OBSERVED PARTLY EXTENDED. RETURNED. HAD PRIOR PROBLEM.

## Other reports on N8831E (2)

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

- [Incident 19830215072779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830215072779I), Feb 15, 1983: Boeing 727225 (N8831E), Miami, FL, Minor damage. Left gear door failed to close on climbout. Left main gear failed to extend on recycling. Landed gear up.
- [Incident 19781014030379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781014030379I), Oct 14, 1978: Boeing 727 (N8831E), Charlotte, NC, Minor damage. Flight diverted due to wheel well fire warning light. Sensing element was rubbing on structure.

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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