43.1548° N, 77.6156° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 28, 1984 · 08:30 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Monroe Co
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N301DM
Reported as
Mtsbsi MU300
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,200 total130 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.
Control buffeting in flight vertical stabilizer fairing tore loose. Bent back by airflow hit horizontal stabilizer.
As the FAA filed it
CONTROL BUFFETING IN FLIGHT VERTICAL STABILIZER FAIRING TORE LOOSE. BENT BACK BY AIRFLOW HIT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.