- Date
- January 5, 1984, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Seattle, WA
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N766ASBoeing B-727-90C
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840105025199I
- Case key
- 39834
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Analysis
The acft struck the approach lights to rwy 16R while on an ILS approach. Analysis of the FDR readout showed an increased descent rate following visual sighting of the rwy environment.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N766AS
- Reported as
- Boeing B-727-90C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19728
- Airframe hours
- 42,425
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-7, 14,000 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alaska Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- PDX · Portland, OR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SEA · Seattle-Tacoma, runway 16R, 9,425 × 150 ft, concrete
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,100 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 3 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SEA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N766AS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.