# NTSB ATL87LA102: Boeing 727-295, N1643, Miami, FL, April 1, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 1, 1987, 08:13 local (13:13 UTC)
- Place: Miami, FL
- Location: 25.7928° N, 80.3221° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from MIAMI INTL (MIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7928&lon=-80.3221&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 95 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 2, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 7401
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL87LA102
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/7401/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA102

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, climb - to cruise
  - passenger briefing - performed, flight attendant
  - passenger briefing - not followed, passenger (cause)

## Analysis

AN 84 YEAR-OLD MALE PAX GOT UP FROM HIS SEAT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AND HEADED TOWARD THE AFT LAVATORIES. THE SEAT BELT AND NO SMOKING SIGNS WERE STILL ILLUMINATED. THE ACFT WAS AT ABOUT 1000 FT AGL AND IN A STEEP CLIMB ATTITUDE. THE PAX FELL FACE FORWARD TOWARD THE REAR OF THE PLANE AND BROKE HIS HIP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1643 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-295
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 19448
- Airframe hours: 55019
- Engines: P&W JT8D-15 16000 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Piedmont Aviation,Inc., doing business as Piedmont Airlines
- Registered owner: First Security Bank Of Utah
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: MIA, MIAMI, FL
- Destination: CLT, CHARLOTTE, NC
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MIA, Miami Intl, runway 27L

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 17,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MIA, 2 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

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

- [Accident 19870401045029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870401045029A), Apr 1, 1987: Boeing 727295, Miami, FL. An elderly passenger left his seat before the seat belt sign had been turned off and fell injuring his hip.

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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