# NTSB MIA84IA063: Boeing 727-225A, N8852E, Tampa, FL, January 20, 1984

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: January 20, 1984, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Location: 27.9475° N, 82.4584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tampa, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9475&lon=-82.4584&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 152 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31032
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA84IA063
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31032/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84IA063

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, cruise - normal
  - door,inspection - separation (cause)
  - maintenance,installation - improper, company maintenance personnel (cause)
  - fuel system - overload
  - fuel system,tank - siphoning (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT EXPERIENCED A RAPID LOSS OF FUEL QUANITY ON THE #1 FUEL TANK DURING THE CLIMB TO CRUISE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT PRIOR TO THIS FLT THE WATER SEPARATOR ACCESS DOOR HAD BEEN REPLACED BY A FABRICATED METAL PLATE WHICH SEPARATED IN FLT. THE SEPARATED PLATE INFLICTED DAMAGE TO ONE OF THE #1 FUEL INSPECTION PLATES AND FUEL WAS DUMPED OVERBOARD.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8852E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8852E-1995-02-22), registration cancelled 1995-02-22, S/N 20615 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-225A
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-225](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (registry code 1384077) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: QA628
- Airframe hours: 35250
- Engines: P&W JT8D-15 15500 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Registered owner: Eastern Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: TPA, TAMPA, FL
- Destination: HIO, HOUSTON, TX
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 11,444 total, 5,052 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at: PIE, 150 nm away

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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