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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 501 · Middletown, OH · April 5, 1984

Date: April 5, 1984 · 11:16 local
Place: Middletown, OH
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N144AR
Reported as: Cessna 501
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney JT15D1
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,100 total850 in this make and model81 in the last 90 days

N144ARRegistered now · Cessna 172S/N 28267 Airframe modelCessna 172 Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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 at FL 350. Made emergency descent and landed safely. Main cabin door seal came unglued.

As the FAA filed it

LOST PRESSURIZATION AT FL 350. MADE EMERGENCY DESCENT AND LANDED SAFELY. MAIN CABIN DOOR SEAL CAME UNGLUED.