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Incident

FAA incident report · Lear 35A · Rochester, NY · August 5, 1991

Date
August 5, 1991 · 14:00 local
Place
Rochester, NY
Airport
Greater Rochester Internationa
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DELA
Aircraft
N500HG
Reported as
Lear 35A
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Aircraft made sudden change in altitude in flight. Continued to destination. Found drag chute missing.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT MADE SUDDEN CHANGE IN ALTITUDE IN FLIGHT. CONTINUED TO DESTINATION. FOUND DRAG CHUTE MISSING.