# Incident 19781126024549I: Pope Valley, CA, November 26, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 26, 1978, 16:00 local time
- Place: Pope Valley, CA
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 38.6152° N, 122.4278° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pope Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6152&lon=-122.4278&mi=10
- Aircraft: NR116 (not matched to a registry record)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- 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/19781126024549I

## Narrative

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

MAIN CHUTE FAILED TO RELEASE FROM BACKPACK. EMERGENCY CHUTE BLOSSOMED AND ALSO MAIN. BECAME ENTANGLED.

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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