Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Pensacola Regional Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Pensacola, Florida 32504
Sunday, December 27, 1987 23:39 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
EASTERN FLT 573 CTCD APCH CTL AT 2323 CST, WAS ADZD TO EXPECT AN ILS RWY 16 APCH & WAS VECTORED ARND WX. AT 2330, THE CTLR ADZD THE ILS GLIDE SLOPE (G/S) HAD GONE INTO 'ALARM' BUT THE LOC APPEARED NML. AT 2333, THE WND SHIFTED TO 310 DEG AT 7 KTS. SINCE THE BC APCH TO RWY 34 WAS NOTAMED AS INOP, THE CREW CONTD TO RWY 16, USING 50 DEG OF FLAPS. AT 2334, THEY TOLD THE CTLR, 'IF YOU DON'T GET THE G/S UP, WE'LL DO A..LOC APCH.' THEY RPRTD RECEIVING THE G/S, BUT WERE ADZD THEG/S WAS STILL IN ALARM. THE ACFT BROKE OUT OF CLDS IN RAIN AT 900'; LGT TURBC WAS ENCTRD ON FINAL APCH. AT ABOUT 1 MILE OUT, THE F/O NOTED THE ACFT WAS HIGH AND ADVISED THE CAPT. THE CAPT PUSHED THE NOSE OVER AND REDUCED POWER, INCREASING SPEED AND RATE OF DESCENT. REQD ALT CALLOUTS WERE NOT MADE. F/O ADVISED CAPT TO FLARE, BUT FLARE WAS INADQT. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD & THE FUSELAGE FAILED BTN STNS 813 & 756. ACFT WAS STOPPED WITH THE TAIL RESTING ON THE RWY. 4 PAX RECD MINOR INJURIES DRG EVAC. WX STUDY SHOWED A MOD TO STRONG (VIP LVL 2 TO 3) WX ECHO OVER THE APRCH END OF RWY 16.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 12/27/1987 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 2339 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | PENSACOLA |
| Event State | FLORIDA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 32504 |
| Event Date Year | 1987 |
| Event Date Month | 12 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | PENSACOLA REGIONAL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | PNS |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 121 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 2334 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | PNS |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 121 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 900 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 2 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 20 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 20 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 310 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 7 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 1100 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Light |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 4 |
| Injury Total None | 103 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 4 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1505 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Dec 28 1987 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 200 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 34786 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 26 2001 8:07AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Instrument Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N8948E |
| NTSB Number | MIA88NA070 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 121: Air Carrier |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | McDonnell Douglas |
| Aircraft Model | DC-9-31 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | DC-9-31 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 47184 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 105000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 106 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | AAIP |
| Date of Last Inspection | Dec 13 1987 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 99 |
| Airframe Hours | 55645 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | EASTERN AIR LINES, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT |
| Aircraft Owner City | MIAMI |
| Aircraft Owner State | FL |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 33148 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | EASTERN AIR LINES |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | MIAMI INT'L AIRPORT |
| Operator City | MIAMI |
| Operator State | FL |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 33148 |
| Operator Code | EALA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | ATL |
| Departure City | ATLANTA |
| Departure State | GA |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 2245 |
| Departure Time Zone | CST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | PNS |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 20 2002 12:42PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 16 |
| Runway Length | 7002 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |