37.5538° N, 77.4603° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 17, 1992 · 07:25 local
Place
Richmond, VA
Airport
Richmond International - Byrd Field
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N54V
Reported as
AMD FALCON10
People aboard
6
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total800 in this make and model50 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.
Left pilots side window started to delaminate. Emergency descent. Cabin depressurized. Landed safely.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT PILOTS SIDE WINDOW STARTED TO DELAMINATE. EMERGENCY DESCENT. CABIN DEPRESSURIZED. LANDED SAFELY.