- Date
- December 27, 1987, 23:39 local (Dec 28, 1987, 05:39 UTC)
- Place
- Pensacola, FL
- Injuries
- 4 minor, 103 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8948EMcDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1989
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19871227073249A
- Case key
- 32243
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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.
Hard landing
Light condition - night
Weather condition - fog
Weather condition - rain
Weather condition - tailwind
Terrain condition - downhill
Airport facilities,visual apch slope ind(vasi) - unavailable
Proper descent rate - not maintainedCause
Missed approach - not performedCause
Crew/group coordination - not performedFactor
Flight/navigation instrument(s) - inattentiveFactor
Flare - improperCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8948E
- Reported as
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 47184
- Airframe hours
- 55,645
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Eastern Air Lines
- Registered owner
- Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- AAIP · December 13, 1987 · 99 hours before
- Departed
- ATL · Atlanta, GA
- Destination
- PNS
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- PNS · Pensacola Regional, runway 16, 7,002 × 150 ft, asphalt
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 900 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PNS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.