# Incident 19780418013219I: Cessna 206CESSNA, Duanesburg, NY, April 18, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1978, 18:15 local time
- Place: Duanesburg, NY
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 42.7634° N, 74.1331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Duanesburg, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7634&lon=-74.1331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5197U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206CESSNA
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 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/19780418013219I

## Narrative

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

PARACHUTE FATALITY. PARACHUTISTS COLLIDED WITH OTHER AND WENT INTO FLAT SPIN. DID NOT OPEN CHUTE.

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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