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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Star, ID · April 2, 1978

Date: April 2, 1978 · 11:00 local
Place: Star, ID
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft: N4649B
Reported as: Cessna 180
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 200 total100 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4649BRegistered now · Cessna 180S/N 31547 · Built 1955 Airframe modelCessna 180 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Parachute failed to deploy. Skydiver killed.

As the FAA filed it

PARACHUTE FAILED TO DEPLOY. SKYDIVER KILLED.

Other reports on N4649B · 3

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

Incident 20250308003459ITaxi · Van Nuys, CAOn March 8, 2025 commercial pilot of a Cessna 180 taxied onto a service road and struck a sign at the Van Nuys Airport (vny). Damage to the right horizontal stabalizer.Mar 8, 2025 · Minor damage Incident 19910503025349IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Marble Canyon, AZAircraft bounced and veered. Attempted go around but ground looped. Stated had gusting quartering tail wind.May 3, 1991 · Minor damage Accident 19820329006499ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Duluth, MNLost control landing in a crosswind. Ran off runway into a snowbank and nosed over.Mar 29, 1982 · Substantial damage