# NTSB MIA90LA042: Boeing 727-225B, N822EA, Miami, FL, December 27, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 27, 1989, 11:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Miami, FL
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 53 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32609
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA90LA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32609/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90LA042

## Probable cause

FATAL INJURY TO A STOWAWAY DUE TO ASPHYXIA AND HYPOTHERMIA.

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, cruise - normal
  - miscellaneous (cause)

## Analysis

STOWAWAY HID IN UNPRESSURIZED AND UNHEATED AFT AIRSTAIR AREA OF AIRPLANE RESULTING IN DEATH DUE TO ASPHYXIA AND HYPOTHERMIA DURING FLIGHT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N822EA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727-225B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 22559
- Engines: P&W JT8D-15 15000 lbs thrust turbo jet
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Eastern Air Lines, Inc, doing business as Eastern Airlines
- Registered owner: Connecticut National Bank
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: TBPB, BRIDGETOWN, OF
- Destination: KMIA, MIAMI, FL
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; flight engineer, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 17,000 total, 200 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 43 °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).

- [Accident 19891227065519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891227065519A), Dec 27, 1989: Boeing 727225, Miami, FL, 1 fatal. Unknown to crew,a young man stowed away in aft non pressurized air stair door area. Died from hypoxia and cold.

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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