- Date
- February 7, 1983, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Greer, SC
- Injuries
- 39 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N421EAMcDonnell Douglas DC-9-50
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- FAA report
- 19830207011559I
- Case key
- 15791
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Acft drifted to the right before a missed apch was initiated during which it made an inadvertent touchdown & struck a rwy light. The plt erroneously used RVR as his landing minimum. Actual RVR was below the published minimum. The sequenceflasher lights were not turned on.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N421EA
- Reported as
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-15, 12 horsepower, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Eastern Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GSP · Greenville-Spartanburg, runway 3, 7,600 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 5,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GSP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N421EA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.