# Accident 19740602015609A: Cessna 182A, Malone, NY, June 2, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1974
- Place: Malone, NY
- Airport: Malone-Dufort
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 44.8537° N, 74.3289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MALONE-DUFORT (MAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8537&lon=-74.3289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5051D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5051D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 244 total, 127 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FFA33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FFA33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740602015609A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

1ST JUMPER,PREMATURE PARACHUTE RELEASE.RISERS HIT HORIZ STAB CAUSING PARTIAL SEPARATION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC74FFA33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FFA33), Jun 2, 1974: Cessna 182A (N5051D), Malone, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5051D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880515030599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880515030599I), May 15, 1988: Cessna 182A (N5051D), Malone, NY, 1 fatal. Jumpers main and reserve chutes opened and tangled. Jumper was fataly injured.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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