# Incident 19780916019249I: Cessna 182, Newark, IL, September 16, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1978, 15:00 local time
- Place: Newark, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.5366° N, 88.5806° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newark, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5366&lon=-88.5806&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6351A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6351A-1984-05-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 4
- 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/19780916019249I

## Narrative

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

SKYDIVER FATALITY. CHUTE FAILED TO OPEN PROPERLY.

## Other reports on N6351A (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830806039109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830806039109A), Aug 6, 1983: Cessna 182 (N6351A), Marseilles, IL, Destroyed. Observed to enter nose down steep bank on turning base. No attempt to recover. Pilot had prior severe headaches.
- [Incident 19780522035339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780522035339I), May 22, 1978: Cessna 182 (N6351A), Griffith, IN, 1 fatal. 3 Parachutists in jump, two struck each other with one going limp and falling to death.

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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