What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Parachutist failed to activate reserve chute. Fatality.
As the FAA filed it
PARACHUTIST FAILED TO ACTIVATE RESERVE CHUTE. FATALITY.
FAA incident report · Cessna 182A · West Point, VA · November 18, 1978
- Date
- November 18, 1978 · 16:55 local
- Place
- West Point, VA
- Airport
- Municipal
- Phase of flight
- Normal Cruise
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft
- N4023D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- People aboard
- 4
- Fatal injuries
- 1
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N4023DRegistration cancelled Sep 24, 2012 · Cessna 182AAirframe modelCessna 182AEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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.