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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 550 · Sidney, OH · September 23, 1986

Date
September 23, 1986 · 17:30 local
Place
Sidney, OH
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6804C
Reported as
Cessna 550
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total4,000 in this make and model90 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.

Experienced loss of pressurization at altitude. Made emergency descent. Found blown lower door seal.

As the FAA filed it

EXPERIENCED LOSS OF PRESSURIZATION AT ALTITUDE. MADE EMERGENCY DESCENT. FOUND BLOWN LOWER DOOR SEAL.