30.4802° N, 90.1118° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, LA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 19, 1978 · 15:00 local
Place
Covington, LA
Airport
Vincent
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N66GC
Reported as
Cessna 180
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total1,100 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Lines of jumper tangled in tailwheel. Pilot elected landing with jumper trailing. Minor injuries.
As the FAA filed it
LINES OF JUMPER TANGLED IN TAILWHEEL. PILOT ELECTED LANDING WITH JUMPER TRAILING. MINOR INJURIES.