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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 170B · Healy, AK · May 28, 1978

Date: May 28, 1978 · 11:00 local
Place: Healy, AK
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N8017A
Reported as: Cessna 170B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N8017ARegistered now · Cessna 170BS/N 20869 · Built 1952 Airframe modelCessna 170B Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Main chute malfunctioned. Reserve chute deployed too close to ground.

As the FAA filed it

MAIN CHUTE MALFUNCTIONED. RESERVE CHUTE DEPLOYED TOO CLOSE TO GROUND.

Other reports on N8017A · 1

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

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