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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 402B · West Palm Beach, FL · November 20, 1991

Date
November 20, 1991 · 07:00 local
Place
West Palm Beach, FL
Airport
Palm Beach International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
JMOA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3997C
Reported as
Cessna 402B
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16,210 total2,020 in this make and model105 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.

Emergency exit door departed aircraft inflight. Vectored to airport. Landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR DEPARTED AIRCRAFT INFLIGHT. VECTORED TO AIRPORT. LANDED SAFELY.