40.0421° N, 76.3010° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, PA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 6, 1982 · 16:30 local
Place
Lancaster, PA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8153J
Reported as
Piper PA60600
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total200 in this make and model50 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.
Lost emergency exit after takeoff, passenger patient pulled emergency exit release on climbout.
As the FAA filed it
LOST EMERGENCY EXIT AFTER TAKEOFF, PASSENGER PATIENT PULLED EMERGENCY EXIT RELEASE ON CLIMBOUT.