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Incident

FAA incident report · Lear 35A · Columbus, NE · June 3, 2002

Date: June 3, 2002 · 20:03 local
Place: Columbus, NE
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N26GP
Reported as: Lear 35A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,600 total800 in this make and model7 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.

(-23) N26GP was eastbound at FL370. The pilot requested a lower altitude and center advised of traffic and had his request for the lower altitude. At about 19 seconds later the controller asked N26GP if they were descending and the pilot responded affirmative and needed lower now. Center asked the nature of N26GP'S distress. The pilot said that they had a cabin altitude alert and needed to go down. N26GP leveled off at FL330 and the pressurization had stabilized. The closest traffic proximity was 4.47NM and 600 feet.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) N26GP WAS EASTBOUND AT FL370. THE PILOT REQUESTED A LOWER ALTITUDE AND CENTER ADVISED OF TRAFFIC AND HAD HIS REQUEST FOR THE LOWER ALTITUDE. AT ABOUT 19 SECONDS LATER THE CONTROLLER ASKED N26GP IF THEY WERE DESCENDING AND THE PILOT RESPONDED AFFIRMATIVE AND NEEDED LOWER NOW. CENTER ASKED THE NATURE OF N26GP'S DISTRESS. THE PILOT SAID THAT THEY HAD A CABIN ALTITUDE ALERT AND NEEDED TO GO DOWN. N26GP LEVELED OFF AT FL330 AND THE PRESSURIZATION HAD STABILIZED. THE CLOSEST TRAFFIC PROXIMITY WAS 4.47NM AND 600 FEET.