# Incident 19780520034559I: Cessna 182, Atwater, OH, May 20, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1978, 12:55 local time
- Place: Atwater, OH
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0283° N, 81.1571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Atwater, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0283&lon=-81.1571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6332A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6332A) (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)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 535 total, 435 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/19780520034559I

## Narrative

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

PARACHUTE FATALITY. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.

## Other reports on N6332A (1)

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

- [Incident 19850815051139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850815051139I), Aug 15, 1985: Cessna 182 (N6332A), Canton, OH, 1 fatal. Main chute failed and emergency chute tangled and failed to deploy. Cut away main chute early. Fatal.

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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