# Incident 19790226007739I: Beech C18S, Covington, LA, February 26, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 1979, 16:45 local time
- Place: Covington, LA
- Airport: Vincent
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 30.4802° N, 90.1118° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4802&lon=-90.1118&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47GC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47GC-2013-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C18S (registry code 1150902, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C18S
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 250 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/19790226007739I

## Narrative

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

MAIN PILOT CHUTE, RESERVE CANOPY AND RESERVE RIPCORD 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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