# Incident 19780729044329I: Cessna 182A, Georgetown, DE, July 29, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1978, 14:24 local time
- Place: Georgetown, DE
- Airport: Sussex Co
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 38.6895° N, 75.3872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Georgetown, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6895&lon=-75.3872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6051 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 300 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/19780729044329I

## Narrative

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

SKY DIVER FAILED TO RELEASE DISABLED MAIN CANOPY 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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