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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172M · Cave Junction, OR · June 5, 1991

Date: June 5, 1991 · 13:50 local
Place: Cave Junction, OR
Airport: Illinois Valley/Usfs/Airport
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: FPBA
Aircraft: N20481
Reported as: Cessna 172M
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,650 total450 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N20481Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17261324 · Built 1973 Airframe modelCessna 172M Engine modelLycoming O-360-A4M4 cycle

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.

Passenger opens cabin door and jumps from aircraft. Sheriff is investigating it as a possible suicide.

As the FAA filed it

PASSENGER OPENS CABIN DOOR AND JUMPS FROM AIRCRAFT. SHERIFF IS INVESTIGATING IT AS A POSSIBLE SUICIDE.

Other reports on N20481 · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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