40.2238° N, 74.7636° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Trenton, NJ, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 14, 1983 · 19:00 local
Place
Trenton, NJ
Airport
Mercer Co
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
RANA
Aircraft
N26208
Reported as
Aerosp 262A12NORD
People aboard
16
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,611 total2,190 in this make and model192 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.
Captain became incapacitated en route due to a raptured eardrum. Copilot took over and landed at destination.
As the FAA filed it
CAPTAIN BECAME INCAPACITATED EN ROUTE DUE TO A RAPTURED EARDRUM. COPILOT TOOK OVER AND LANDED AT DESTINATION.