In 1989 he was a passenger on United Airlines Flight 811 , but survived , although nine people died after being blown out of the plane when the cargo door failed mid-flight . Stephenson was seated 11 rows behind where the fuselage was breached . In October 2014 , Stephenson was killed when the Van 's RV-6 light aircraft he was piloting crashed into a house in the Melbourne suburb of Chelsea .
United Airlines Flight 811
United Airlines Flight 811
John F. Stephenson