# NTSB DEN84IA163: Boeing 727-200, N8830E, Salt Lake City, UT, May 26, 1984

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: May 26, 1984, 01:46 local (07:46 UTC)
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Coordinates: 40.809307, -111.940353 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8093&lon=-111.9404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 27 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16273
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84IA163
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16273/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84IA163

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, landing - flare/touchdown
  - wrong runway - not selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - information - not understood, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

FLT 428 LANDED ON RWY 16R WHICH WAS CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION.THE CLOSURE INFO WAS CONTAINED IN A NOTAM WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED IN ATIS INFO OSCAR. THE FLT CREW REPORTED THEY HAD OBTAINED OSCAR. THE FLT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RWY 16L BUT INSTEAD LANDED ON RWY 16R. THE CAPTAIN REPORTED, 'I LANDED ON RUNWAY 16R, THINKING LEFT CLOSED, AIRLINERS NORMALLY HAVE USED THE WEST RUNWAY, 16R INSTEAD OF 16L. RUNWAY 16R WAS LIGHTED AND EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL AT THE TIME OF OUR LANDING.' WHEN FLT 428 WAS ON FINAL THE RWY LIGHTS FOR RWY 16R WERE ON STEP 3 BECAUSE OF A RWY INSPECTION. VASI AND APCH LIGHTS FOR 16R WERE OFF. THE RWY AND APCH LIGHTS FOR 16L WERE ON STEP 1 AT THE TIME.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8830E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-200
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20149
- Engines: P&W JT8D-15 16000 lbs thrust turbo jet
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Eastern Airlines
- Registered owner: Ona Leasing Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: DEN, DENVER, CO
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: SLC, Salt Lake City Intn'L, runway 16R, 12,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, unknown; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SLC

## 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 19840526070069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840526070069I), May 26, 1984: Boeing 727225, Salt Lake City, UT. Aircraft made uneventful landing on runway which was closed.

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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