# Incident 19990808022899I: Boeing 727223, Nashville, TN, August 8, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1999, 14:33 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Location: 36.1245° N, 86.6782° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NASHVILLE INTL (BNA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1245&lon=-86.6782&mi=10
- Aircraft: N879AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N879AA-2005-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-223 (registry code 1384074, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-223) (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 727223
- People aboard: 144
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990808022899I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN TAIL SKID CRUSHED BEYOND LIMITS. TAIL SKID ASSEMBLY REPLACED AND AFTER HARD LANDING INSPECTION, AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.

## Other reports on N879AA (3)

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

- [Incident 19950211005589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950211005589I), Feb 11, 1995: Boeing 727200 (N879AA), Raleigh-Durham, NC. Narrative: during cruise at flight level 28,000 AGL, crew reported a rapid decline in oil quality indication with a corresponding decrease in oil pressure and…
- [Incident 19941127044829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941127044829I), Nov 27, 1994: Boeing 727223 (N879AA), Cleveland, OH, Minor damage. Both left main tires blew on takeoff roll. Aborted. Left brakes were binding from start of roll.
- [Incident 19910515019649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910515019649I), May 15, 1991: Boeing 727223 (N879AA), Raleigh-Durham, NC. Experienced loss of hydraulics after take off. Returned. One of the b system hydraulic electric pumps had failed.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.