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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Theodore, AL · February 11, 1979

Date
February 11, 1979 · 15:00 local
Place
Theodore, AL
Airport
Idle Hour
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N3197D
Reported as
Cessna 180
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total150 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Jumper became entangled in other jumpers, cut away main chute. Fatal.

As the FAA filed it

JUMPER BECAME ENTANGLED IN OTHER JUMPERS, CUT AWAY MAIN CHUTE. FATAL.

Other reports on N3197D · 2

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