# Accident 20010311007409A: Boeing 727225, Pohnpei-Carolin, FM, March 11, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 2001, 18:31 local time
- Place: Pohnpei-Carolin, FM
- Airport: Pohnpei International
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: EISA
- Aircraft: N701NE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N701NE-2001-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 727-200 (registry code 138407E, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-200) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA01WA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA01WA028) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010311007409A

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE AIRCRAFT WAS ENROUTE FROM HONOLULU (HNL) HAWAII, USA TO POHNPEI (PIN), FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA WITH AN INTERMEDIATE STOP AT MAJURO IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. THE AIRCRAFT ARRIVED AT POHNPEI AFTER SUNDOWN AND DURING A NIGHT VISUAL OVER WATER APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED BELOW PAPI AND STRUCK A SEAWELL.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON TO THE RUNWAY WHERE THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE APPROXIMATELY 4000 FEET, COMING TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD 16,000 POUNDS OF FREIGHT ON BOARD.  THERE WAS NO FIRE AND NO INJURIES TO THE THREE CREW MEMBERS.  THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD.  THE PAPI, REIL, AND RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE ACTIVATED BY THE CREW AND WERE ON AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 DCA01WA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA01WA028), Mar 12, 2001: Boeing 727-223B (N701NE), Pohnpei Island, Micronesia, substantial damage

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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