Serious incident Boeing 727-200 N8830E,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 379421
 
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Date:Saturday 26 May 1984
Time:01:46 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic B722 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing 727-200
Owner/operator:Eastern Airlines
Registration: N8830E
MSN: 20149/770
Year of manufacture:1969
Engine model:P&W JT8D-15
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 27
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Serious incident
Location:Salt Lake City, UT -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:Denver, CO (KDEN)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
FLT 428 LANDED ON RWY 16R WHICH WAS CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION.THE CLOSURE INFO WAS CONTAINED IN A NOTAM WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED IN ATIS INFO OSCAR. THE FLT CREW REPORTED THEY HAD OBTAINED OSCAR. THE FLT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RWY 16L BUT INSTEAD LANDED ON RWY 16R. THE CAPTAIN REPORTED, 'I LANDED ON RUNWAY 16R, THINKING LEFT CLOSED, AIRLINERS NORMALLY HAVE USED THE WEST RUNWAY, 16R INSTEAD OF 16L. RUNWAY 16R WAS LIGHTED AND EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL AT THE TIME OF OUR LANDING.' WHEN FLT 428 WAS ON FINAL THE RWY LIGHTS FOR RWY 16R WERE ON STEP 3 BECAUSE OF A RWY INSPECTION. VASI AND APCH LIGHTS FOR 16R WERE OFF. THE RWY AND APCH LIGHTS FOR 16L WERE ON STEP 1 AT THE TIME.

Probable Cause:

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: DEN84IA163
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB DEN84IA163

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Revision history:

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