# NTSB MIA88FA122: Boeing 747-200, Miami, FL, March 3, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: March 3, 1988, 05:40 local (10:40 UTC)
- Place: Miami, FL
- Location: 25.7954° N, 80.2901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI INTL (MIA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7954&lon=-80.2901&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 349 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32009
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88FA122
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32009/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88FA122

## Sequence of events

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

- Abrupt maneuver, landing - roll
  - elevator - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - fuselage,bulkhead - failure,partial
  - fuselage,stringer - failure,partial

## Analysis

AFTER LANDING THE BOEING 747-200 AIRLINER, THE CAPTAIN INCREASED THE PITCH ATTITUDE TO 11 DEGREES NOSE UP BY PULLING THE CONTROL COLUMN AFT. THE TAIL STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE BOEING AIRPLANE FLIGHT MANUAL PRESCRIBES THAT THE APPROPRIATE PROCEDURE IS TO FLY THE NOSE GEAR DOWN TO THE RUNWAY AFTER LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: LVOOZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747-200
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22592
- Airframe hours: 23243
- Engines: P&W JT9D-7Q 40500 horsepower turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Registered owner: Aerolineas Argentinas
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, January 22, 1988, 8,000 hours before
- Departed: SBGL, RIO DE JANEIRO, OF
- Destination: KMIA, MIAMI, FL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MIA, Miami Int'L, runway 9L, 13,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; foreign; airplane ratings: multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 16,703 total, 4,399 in this make and model, 118 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MIA

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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