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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 501 · Sparta, NJ · July 20, 1992

Date
July 20, 1992 · 15:09 local
Place
Sparta, NJ
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N550T
Reported as
Cessna 501
People aboard
4
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.

Rapid decompression. Emergency descent. Continued flight at lower altitude. Found water separator tube disconnected

As the FAA filed it

RAPID DECOMPRESSION. EMERGENCY DESCENT. CONTINUED FLIGHT AT LOWER ALTITUDE. FOUND WATER SEPARATOR TUBE DISCONNECTED