Boeing 737-222 N752N
28 December 1982 · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 28 December 1982 at about 15:28 local time, a Boeing 737-222 registered N752N, operated by Piedmont Airport, was involved in an incident near Washington, District of Columbia, United States. 73 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 15:28
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Washington National
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737-222
- Registration
- N752N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Piedmont Airport
- Operating rule
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Roanoke → Washington
- Aircraft damage
- Not recorded
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL83IA085
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED BY WITNESSES TO DESCEND BELOW ITS NORMAL DESCENT PATH AND TO HORIZONTIALLY STRAY OFF COURSE TO THEPOINT THAT OFFICE BLDG OCCUPANTS AND PERSONS ON THE GROUND WERE CONCERNED BY THE APPEARANCE AND NOISE OF THE ACFT DURINGA VOR/DME APPROACH TO WASHINGTON NAT'L ARPT. THE FDR AND RADAR PLOTS CONFIRM THE POSITION OF THE ACFT. ONE OF THE BUILDINGS 2.5 MILES FROM THE ARPT IS ABOUT 396 FT MSL. THE VOR/DME APPROACH HAS AN ALT RESTRICTION OF 900 FT MSL AT 3 NMAND A MINIMUM DESCENT ALT OF 720 FT AT 2.5 NM. THE PLT WAS INTERVIEWED AND HE STATED THAT HE THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL AND THAT HE WAS AT THE ALT RESTRICTION AT THE 3 MILE DME. RADAR SHOWS HIS ALT AS ABOUT 517 FT AT 3 MILE DME AND ABOUT 400 FT AT 2.5 MILE DME. RADAR AND WITNESSES AGREE ON A TURN AND CLIMB AT THIS POINT TOWARD THE RIVER AND THE NORMAL APPROACH PATH.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Boeing 737 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 1982 | Boeing 737-222 | Washington, District of Columbia, United States | Air Florida, Inc | Fatal | 74 |
| 2 Nov 1982 | Boeing 737-200 | Austin, Texas, United States | S.w. Airlines Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1982 | Boeing 737-291 | Denver, Colorado, United States | Frontier Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 10 Dec 1982 | Boeing 737-291 | Denver, Colorado, United States | Frontier Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 13 Aug 1982 | Boeing 737-291 | North Platte, Nebraska, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Dec 1982 | Boeing 737-201 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States | Piedmont Airlines | No injuries | - |
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