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.
Narrative: aircraft departed for paradrop operation. At altitude, jump door was opened and latched. When last jumper exited, door accidentally released from latch. Door began vibrating and sheared the door hinge rivets and was detached from the aircraft. Door punctured a hole in the wing fuel tank and also damaged the flap. An emergency landing was made with no further damage. Unable to determine precise cause. privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FOR PARADROP OPERATION. AT ALTITUDE, JUMP DOOR WAS OPENED AND LATCHED. WHEN LAST JUMPER EXITED, DOOR ACCIDENTALLY RELEASED FROM LATCH. DOOR BEGAN VIBRATING AND SHEARED THE DOOR HINGE RIVETS AND WAS DETACHED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. DOOR PUNCTURED A HOLE IN THE WING FUEL TANK AND ALSO DAMAGED THE FLAP. AN EMERGENCY LANDING WAS MADE WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE. UNABLE TO DETERMINE PRECISE CAUSE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
Other reports on N5033U · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.