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Incident

FAA incident report · Gulstm G1159 · Pittsburgh, PA · March 9, 1994

Date
March 9, 1994 · 20:45 local
Place
Pittsburgh, PA
Airport
Greater Pittsburgh International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N84A
Reported as
Gulstm G1159
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total400 in this make and model

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.

Lost partial pressurization on descent. Emergency descent. Landed safely. Check valve controlling door seal failed.

As the FAA filed it

LOST PARTIAL PRESSURIZATION ON DESCENT. EMERGENCY DESCENT. LANDED SAFELY. CHECK VALVE CONTROLLING DOOR SEAL FAILED.