34.7304° N, 86.5861° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntsville, AL, within about 9 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 13, 1980 · 17:10 local
Place
Huntsville, AL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9087N
Reported as
Rkwell 681
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total700 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Cabin door blew out at altitude, causing explosive decompression.
As the FAA filed it
CABIN DOOR BLEW OUT AT ALTITUDE, CAUSING EXPLOSIVE DECOMPRESSION.