- Date
- September 15, 1987, 20:36 local (Sep 16, 1987, 01:36 UTC)
- Place
- Tulsa, OK
- Injuries
- 62 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8857EBoeing 727
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 31780
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
The crew of the Boeing 727 aircraft on a domestic passenger flight initiated an approach to a runway with a known crosswind and tailwind component. On final approach the tower controllers re-stated the wind and issued a windshear warning. On short final at flare the aircraft experienced gusts and turbulence resulting in a hard landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8857E
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20619
- Airframe hours
- 45,757
- Engine
- P&W JT8D, 14,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Eastern Airlines,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Eastern Airlines Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · April 10, 1987
- Departed
- MKC · Kansas City, KS
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TUL · Tulsa Int'L, runway 35R, 10,000 × 200 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
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,102 total · 9,532 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 240° at 22 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL