# Incident 19780102000569I: Cessna 182, Suffolk, VA, January 2, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1978, 10:30 local time
- Place: Suffolk, VA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 36.7282° N, 76.5836° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Suffolk, VA, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7282&lon=-76.5836&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5464B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5464B-2013-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780102000569I

## Narrative

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

CHUTE FAILED TO OPEN, SKYDIVER KILLED.

## Other reports on N5464B (1)

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

- [Accident 19960606012929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960606012929A), Jun 6, 1996: Cessna 182 (N5464B), Crestview, FL, Substantial damage. Stalled landing on short runway over tall trees. Bounced. Broke off nose gear. Nosed over.

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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