# NTSB MIA70AM077: Boeing 727, N8830E, Miami, FL, March 27, 1970

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 27, 1970
- Place: Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 18, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131064
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA70AM077
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70AM077

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0007  70/3/27    MIAMI,FLA           BOEING 727          CR-  0  0  3  FERRY                     AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0900                    N8830E              PX-  0  0  0                            48, 22717 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MIAMI INTL
        OPERATOR - EASTERN AIR LINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MIAMI,FLA                   NEW YORK,NY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
        REMARKS- PLT HAD SUSPECTED HEART ATTACK WHILE SEATED IN ACFT ON RAMP.NO FINDINGS OF CARDIAC DISEASE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8830E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Miami Intl

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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