# Accident 19750803024789A: Cessna 182C, Charlotte, MI, August 3, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1975
- Place: Charlotte, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 42.5662° N, 84.8318° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charlotte, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5662&lon=-84.8318&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8659T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8659T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 836 total, 550 in this make and model, 187 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76DEM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DEM04-201294) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750803024789A

## Narrative

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

JUMPER ON STEP,RIPCORD SNAGGED,CHUTE RELEASED.R ELEV SEPD.LNDD OK.

## 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 CHI76DEM04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DEM04-201294), Aug 3, 1975: Cessna 182 (N8659T), Charlotte, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8659T (1)

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

- [Accident 19780907026959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780907026959A), Sep 7, 1978: Cessna 182H (N8659T), Charlotte, MI, Substantial damage

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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