# NTSB MIA87IA204: Boeing 727-225, N8892Z, Washington, DC, July 11, 1987

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: July 11, 1987, 18:38 local (22:38 UTC)
- Place: Washington, DC
- Coordinates: 38.909255, -77.020568 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9093&lon=-77.0206&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 87 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31800
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87IA204
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31800/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87IA204

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, missed approach (ifr)
  - airport/facilities - not operating (contributing factor)
  - flight advisories - inadequate, atc personnel(dep/apch) (contributing factor)
  - weather evaluation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - thunderstorm (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - hail (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - turbulence(thunderstorms) (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - windshear (contributing factor)
  - flight into known adverse weather - continued, pilot in command (cause)
  - missed approach - delayed
- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, missed approach (ifr)
  - turbine assembly,turbine blade - overtemperature (cause)
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## Analysis

DRG ARR, THE ACFT'S RADAR SHOWED TSTMS IN THE AREA OF THE ARPT. AS THE FLT CONTD, ATIS INFO CHGD. WHEN THE PLTS CTCD WASHINGTON APCH CTL WITH OLD ATIS INFO, THE CTLR DID NOT CORRECT THE FLT. THEY WERE ADZD OF HVY RAIN, STRONG WNDS & A PIREP OF WNDSHR NR THE ARPT, BUT THEY WERE NOT INFORMED THAT THE LOW LVL WNDSHR ALERT SYS (LLWAS) WAS INOP. THE FLT WAS VECTORED FOR A ROSSLYN RWY 18 APCH. AFTER CTCG THE TWR, THE PLTS WERE ADZD THE WND WAS FM 230 DEG AT 35 TO 45 KTS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, ON FINAL APCH, THE ACFT WAS 'INUNDATED' BY RAIN. THE CREW LOST SIGHT OF THE ARPT, BGN A MISSED APCH (M/A), & ENCTRD LARGE HAIL & MOD TURBC. DRG THE M/A, THE ACFT STOPPED CLBG AT APRX 600' & THE SPEED SLOWED FM 170 TO 138 KTS. THE CAPT APPLIED FULL PWR & THE ACFT RESPONDED, BUT THE N1 & EGT LMTS WERE EXCEEDED. THE CAPT REDUCED PWR & DIVERTED TO DULLES INTL ARPT. A POST FLT EXAM REVEALED THE 1ST & 2ND STAGE TURBINE BLADES OF ALL 3 ENGS HAD BEEN OVERTEMPED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8892Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8892Z-2004-08-25), registration cancelled 2004-08-25, S/N 21861, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-225
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-225](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-225) (registry code 1384077) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21861
- Airframe hours: 24354
- Engines: P&W JT8D-15 15500 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Eastern Air Lines, doing business as Eastern Airlines
- Registered owner: Connecticut Bank & Trust Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: MCO, ORLANDO, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: DCA, Washington National, runway 18, 6,870 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; airline transport, flight engineer; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 15,000 total, 12,000 in this make and model, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 27 knots, gusting 47
- Lowest ceiling: 800 ft
- Temperature: 93 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DCA

## 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 19870711046889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870711046889I), Jul 11, 1987: Boeing 727225, Washington, DC. Encountered wind shear on approach, all engines exceeded max epr. Diverted to a safe landing. Engines changed.

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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