# Incident 19960514014299I: Boeing 727225, Norfolk, VA, May 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 1996, 09:30 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Airport: Norfolk International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MYWA
- Location: 36.8956° N, 76.1989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORFOLK INTL (ORF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8956&lon=-76.1989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N804MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N804MA-2003-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-225 (registry code 1384077, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 (registry code 52051, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727225
- People aboard: 116
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,800 total, 2,300 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960514014299I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 05-14-96, BOEING 727-225, N804MA, DEPARTED JFK EN-ROUTE TO SDQ. AIRCRAFT WAS AT FL 31, APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES EAST OF NORFOLK. THE FLIGHT ENGINEER STATED THE CABIN PRESSURIZATION WAS 6.0 AND A CABIN RATE OF CLIMB OF 1500 FEET WAS INDICATED. NO UNUSUAL NOISE WAS OBSERVED. THE CAPTAIN REQUESTED A DESCENT TO 10,000 FEET. THE CABIN PRESSURIZATION WARNING SOUNDED, AND ALL OXYGEN MASKS WERE DEPLOYED. AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO ORF AND LANDED ON RUNWAY FIVE AT 0935 LOCAL TIME. NORMAL PASSENGER DEPLANING OCCURRED. A TORN AND DISTORTED E&E DOOR SEAL LOWER 41 PANEL (S114 DOOR) WAS DISCOVERED BY THE FLIGHT ENGINEER. THE CAPTAIN STATED A RAPID DEPRESSURIZATION DID NOT OCCUR, AND THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF RAPID DEPRESSURIZATION OBSERVED.

## Other reports on N804MA (3)

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

- [Incident 19990105013499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990105013499I), Jan 5, 1999: Boeing 727200 (N804MA), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. (-5)Miami air international, inc. Phoenix baggage door incident. On 1/5/99, mywa flight GL665, departed phx with passengers enroute to memphis, TN. (Bna).…
- [Incident 19921217053099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921217053099I), Dec 17, 1992: Boeing 727225 (N804MA), Miami, FL, Minor damage. Lost pressure on descent. Emergency descent. Landed safely. Passenger window blew out. Second occurance in a week.
- [Incident 19921212050779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921212050779I), Dec 12, 1992: Boeing 727225 (N804MA), Miami, FL, Minor damage. Explosion at level off. Lost pressurization. Emergency descent. Landed safely. Passenger window blew out.

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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