What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Sky diver failed to release disabled main canopy fatal.
As the FAA filed it
SKY DIVER FAILED TO RELEASE DISABLED MAIN CANOPY FATAL.
FAA incident report · Cessna 182A · Georgetown, DE · July 29, 1978
- Date
- July 29, 1978 · 14:24 local
- Place
- Georgetown, DE
- Airport
- Sussex Co
- Phase of flight
- Normal Cruise
- Operating rules
- Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Aircraft
- N6051
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- People aboard
- 4
- Fatal injuries
- 1
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 700 total300 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
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.