Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Hampton, New York 11554
Tuesady, September 29, 1987 19:18 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
A FULL PERFORMANCE LEVEL CONTROLLER (FPL CTLR) AT SECTOR 31 OF BOSTON ARTCC WAS GIVING FAMILIARIZATION TRAINING TO ANOTHER FPL CTLR TO FAMILIARIZE THE TRAINEE WITH A NEW AREA THAT HAD BEEN TRANSFERRED FROM NEW YORK ARTCC TO BOSTON ARTCC. SECTOR 31 WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A RATHER COMPLEX & BUSY AREA. DURING A BUSY PERIOD AFTER TRAFFIC HAD 'PEAKED', THECTLRS WERE CONCENTRATING ON A POTENTIAL CONFLICT BETWEEN 2 ACFT WHEN ONE OF THEM (EASTERN FLT 380, A BOEING 727) BEGAN CONVERGING WITH A 3RD ACFT (MAC 67947, A USAF C-141). THE CONFLICT ALERT SYSTEM ACTIVATED & THE CTLRS ISSUED A TURN TO AVOID CONVERGENCE; HOWEVER, THE 2 ACFT PASSED WITHIN 1/2 MILE OF EACH OTHER WITH THE SAME ALTITUDE ASSIGNMENT. EA380 HADBEEN ASSIGNED AN ABNORMALLY LOW ALTITUDE (FL230) FOR ITS ROUTING. THE CONFLICT OCCURRED WHEN EA380 TURNED IN RESPONSE TO AN ARTCC CLEARANCE.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 9/29/1987 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1918 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | HAMPTON |
| Event State | NEW YORK |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 11554 |
| Event Date Year | 1987 |
| Event Date Month | 9 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | -- |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | -- |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Unknown |
| Time of the weather observation | 0 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Dusk |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 9000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 8 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | -18 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -18 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | -- |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 97 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 5051 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Oct 1 1987 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 845 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 35181 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 18 2002 11:28AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\GIUV |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N8864E | USAF |
| NTSB Number | MIA87IA264A | MIA87IA264B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 121: Air Carrier | Armed Forces |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | None | None |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BOEING | LOCKHEED |
| Aircraft Model | 727-225 | C-141 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 727-225 | C-141 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 20626 | |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 142000 | 343000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil | Military |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 134 | -- |
| Number of Engines | 3 | 4 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- | 0 |
| Airframe Hours | -- | -- |
| ELT Installed | No | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | EASTERN AIRLINES | USAF |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | MIAMI INT'L AIRPORT | |
| Aircraft Owner City | MIAMI | MCGUIRE AFB |
| Aircraft Owner State | FL | NJ |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 33148 | 01704 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | USAF | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes | No |
| Operator Street Address | 76TH MAS.437 MAN/ECHS | |
| Operator City | MCGUIRE AFB | |
| Operator State | NJ | |
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | 01704 | |
| Operator Code | EALA | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Scheduled | Unknown |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic | Unknown |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only | Unknown |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | No |
| Departure Airport Code | DCA | |
| Departure City | WASHINGTON | MCGUIRE AFB |
| Departure State | DC | NJ |
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 1815 | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | EDT | |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | BOS | |
| Destination City | BOSTON | MCGUIRE AFB |
| Destination State | MA | NJ |
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise | Descent |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM | Oct 22 2001 3:26PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 | 0 |
| Runway Length | 0 | 0 |
| Runway Width | 0 | 0 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |