# NTSB DCA99WA049: Boeing 727-200, N8873Z, Calgary, Canada, March 11, 1999

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 10, 1999, 23:25 local (Mar 11, 1999, 06:25 UTC)
- Place: Calgary, Canada
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 96 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 45960
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA99WA049
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/45960/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA99WA049

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8873Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8873Z-2004-05-05), registration cancelled 2004-05-05, S/N 21291, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Boeing 727-200
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-225](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (registry code 1384077) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-series) (registry code 52053, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Delta Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: SALT LAKE CITY, UT
- Destination: CYYC
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: CYYC, Calgary, runway 34

## Weather

- Conditions: Not reported
- Wind: 140° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 0.5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 100 ft overcast
- Temperature: -4 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CCY

## Other investigations on N8873Z (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 IAD80IA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80IA043), Apr 11, 1980: Boeing 727 (N8873Z), 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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