# Incident 19781014030189I: Cessna 182A, South Prairie, WA, October 14, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1978, 16:30 local time
- Place: South Prairie, WA
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1354° N, 122.0966° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South Prairie, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1354&lon=-122.0966&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6090B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6090B-1998-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 3
- 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/19781014030189I

## Narrative

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

MAIN CHUTE FAILED TO DEPLOY FULLY, JUMPER MADE NO ATTEMPT TO DEPLOY RESERVE CHUTE.

## Other reports on N6090B (1)

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

- [Accident 19941217044169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941217044169A), Dec 17, 1994: Cessna 182A (N6090B), Bowling Green, MO, Substantial damage. Second jumpers reserve chute deployed exiting. Jumper ok. Chute jammed elevators. Landed ok. Reserve chute defect.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.