FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Marion, VA · December 16, 1978
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Airplane hijacked by mental patient. Was subdued by pilot with fire extinguisher. Almost crashed.
AIRPLANE HIJACKED BY MENTAL PATIENT. WAS SUBDUED BY PILOT WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER. ALMOST CRASHED.
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.