# Incident 19780402008679I: Cessna 180, Star, ID, April 2, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1978, 11:00 local time
- Place: Star, ID
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 43.7041° N, 116.5022° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Star, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7041&lon=-116.5022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4649B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4649B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 100 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/19780402008679I

## Narrative

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

PARACHUTE FAILED TO DEPLOY. SKYDIVER KILLED.

## Other reports on N4649B (3)

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

- [Incident 20250308003459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250308003459I), Mar 8, 2025: Cessna 180 (N4649B), Van Nuys, CA, Minor damage. On 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…
- [Incident 19910503025349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910503025349I), May 3, 1991: Cessna 180 (N4649B), Marble Canyon, AZ, Minor damage. Aircraft bounced and veered. Attempted go around but ground looped. Stated had gusting quartering tail wind.
- [Accident 19820329006499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820329006499A), Mar 29, 1982: Cessna 180 (N4649B), Duluth, MN, Substantial damage. Lost control landing in a crosswind. Ran off runway into a snowbank and 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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