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Incident

FAA incident report · Cvac 340CVAC · Cleveland, OH · April 23, 1981

Date: April 23, 1981 · 13:20 local
Place: Cleveland, OH
Airport: International
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: CRAA
Aircraft: N5813
Reported as: Cvac 340CVAC
People aboard: 30
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,609 total1,102 in this make and model154 in the last 90 days

N5813Registration cancelled Oct 17, 1984 · Convair 340S/N 130 Airframe modelConvair 340

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.

Lost pressurization in climb to 6000 feet when rear service door opened. Found position switch maladjusted.

As the FAA filed it

LOST PRESSURIZATION IN CLIMB TO 6000 FEET WHEN REAR SERVICE DOOR OPENED. FOUND POSITION SWITCH MALADJUSTED.

Other reports on N5813 · 3

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19820923061539IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Columbia, SCPilot experienced a violent shimmy after touchdown. Nose wheel damaged. Nose wheel assembly changed.Sep 23, 1982 · Minor damage Incident 19781218023149INormal Cruise · Binghamton, NYPilots side window cracked at 14000 feet. Pilot descended, depressurized and returned.Dec 18, 1978 · Reported as Cvac Stcapjc · Minor damage Incident 19781110021599IClimb · Binghamton, NYFlight returned after pressurization malfunctioned. Found plastic bag lodged in door seal of rear service door.Nov 10, 1978 · Reported as Cvac Stcapjc