# Incident 19780819048819I: Elsinore, CA, August 19, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1978, 14:38 local time
- Place: Elsinore, CA
- Airport: Skylark
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 33.6330° N, 117.3016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYLARK (CA89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6330&lon=-117.3016&mi=10
- Aircraft: NR161 (not matched to a registry record)
- 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/19780819048819I

## Narrative

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

RIPCORD ENTANGLED WITH MAIN CHUTE SUSPENSION LINES AND BRIDLE CORD. NO ATTEMPT TO USE RESERVE CHUTE. 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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