| Date: | Friday 28 October 1983 |
| Time: | 13:35 |
| Type: |  Shorts 330-200 |
| Owner/operator: | Pennsylvania Airlines |
| Registration: | N26288 |
| MSN: | SH.3074 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3005 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-45A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 30 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Middletown, PA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Harrisburg International Airport, PA (MDT/KMDT) |
| Washington-National Airport, DC (DCA/KDCA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A passenger opened the right hand rear door and jumped out at an altitude of 3500 feet.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB/AAB-87/02
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