# Incident 19780722038539I: Cessna 172, Sheridan, OR, July 22, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 1978, 19:14 local time
- Place: Sheridan, OR
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0959° N, 123.3981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sheridan, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0959&lon=-123.3981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7200G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7200G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172K (registry code 2072430, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 168 total, 40 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/19780722038539I

## Narrative

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

MAIN CHUTE STREAMERED AND DETATCHED. RESERVE CHUTE INFLATED, RISER STRAP TORE LOOSE, IT STREAMERED.

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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