# NTSB MIA88WA161: Boeing 757-225, N510EA, San Jose, Costa Rica, April 16, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 16, 1988, 08:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: San Jose, Costa Rica
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 192 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32255
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88WA161
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32255/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88WA161

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N510EA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N510EA-1995-02-03), registration cancelled 1995-02-03, S/N 22200 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757-225
- Registry model: [Boeing 757-225](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-225) (registry code 1384959) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22200
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Registered owner: Eastern Airlines, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: MGCJ, SAN JOSE
- Destination: KMIA, MIAMI, FL
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Not reported
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19880416019009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880416019009I), Apr 16, 1988: Boeing 757225, San Jose, CS. Possible bomb threat on climbout. Returned. Passengers became upset. Attendants opened slides without permission

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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