Boeing 727-200 crash, May 8, 1978 (3 killed), Pensacola F...
Boeing 727-200 accident on May 8, 1978 near Pensacola Florida, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: The flightcrew conducted the nonprecision...
- Date: May 8, 1978
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
- Location: Pensacola Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The flightcrew conducted the nonprecision instrument approach unprofessionally: the captain and crew failed to monitor descent rate and altitude, and the first officer failed to give the required altitude and approach callouts.
Scheduled flight from Miami to Pensacola with en route stops. At night in fog the Boeing 727 descended on a surveillance radar approach to Pensacola and hit Escambia Bay with gear down, sinking in about 12 feet of water. Three passengers drowned and the other occupants were rescued.