# NTSB ATL85IA263: Boeing 727-225, N8832E, Charleston, SC, August 29, 1985

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: August 29, 1985, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Coordinates: 32.779159, -79.930175 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7792&lon=-79.9302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 7 minor, 118 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6680
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85IA263
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6680/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85IA263

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - turbulence in clouds
  - communications - not used, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE FLIGHT WAS LEVEL AT 330 WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED TURBULANCE AND THE ARCRAFT MOVED AN ESTIMATED 200 FEET DOWN THEN UP BEFORE THE CREW COULD REGAIN ALTITUDE CONTROL. TWO FLIGHT ATTENDENTS AND SEVERAL PASSENGERS INITIALLY COMPLAINED OF INJURIES. NO DOCUMENTATION OF THESE INJURIES HAS BEEN RECEIVED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND RELEASED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8832E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8832E-1992-01-22), registration cancelled 1992-01-22, S/N 20151 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-225
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-225](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (registry code 1384077) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20151
- Engines: P&W JT8D-9 14500 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Registered owner: Eastern Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MCO, ORLANDO, FL
- Destination: PHL, PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; airline transport; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Not reported
- Visibility: 10 statute miles

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19850829076309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850829076309I), Aug 29, 1985: Boeing 727225, Charleston, SC. Uncontrolled altitude deviation after encountering moderate to severe turbulence. Minor injuries.

## Other investigations on N8832E (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 IAD77IA042](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77IA042), May 25, 1977: Boeing 727 (N8832E), Washington, DC, incident, minor damage

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.

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