# Incident 19780528040579I: Cessna 170B, Healy, AK, May 28, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 1978, 11:00 local time
- Place: Healy, AK
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.8569° N, 148.9661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Healy, AK, within about 15 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.8569&lon=-148.9661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8017A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8017A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 170B (registry code 2072306, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 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/19780528040579I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 19730319005949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730319005949A), Mar 19, 1973: Cessna 170B (N8017A), Bryce Canyon, UT, Substantial damage. Wind gusting 15K.acft ran off end of rwy into deep snow. Plt used 1200FT of 7400FT rwy for tkof.

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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