38.0367° N, 84.6086° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BLUE GRASS (LEX), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
August 3, 1985 · 11:50 local
Place
Lexington, KY
Airport
Bluegrass
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2DS
Reported as
Piper PA31T
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,050 total110 in this make and model150 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.
Rapid loss of cabin pressurization in flight. Safe landing. Loose clamp on pressurization supply duct.
As the FAA filed it
RAPID LOSS OF CABIN PRESSURIZATION IN FLIGHT. SAFE LANDING. LOOSE CLAMP ON PRESSURIZATION SUPPLY DUCT.