OpenAirDocs.org

19790307019179I

Incident
Open the Markdown

FAA incident report · Beech UC-45J · Pope Valley, CA · March 7, 1979

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal

© OpenStreetMap
Date
March 7, 1979 · 11:45 local
Place
Pope Valley, CA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N35095
Reported as
Beech UC45J
People aboard
7
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total450 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N35095Registration cancelled Sep 30, 2009 · Beech UC-45JS/N 51256 · Built 1943Airframe modelBeech UC-45JEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 seriesReciprocating

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.

One chutist did not attempt to deploy chute and other pulled rip cord too late. 2 fatalities

As the FAA filed it

ONE CHUTIST DID NOT ATTEMPT TO DEPLOY CHUTE AND OTHER PULLED RIP CORD TOO LATE. 2 FATALITIES

Other reports on N35095 · 5

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

Accident 19940424009099ADescent · Lodi, CAClimb to drop area both engine cutting out. Exited jumpers. Failed use carb heat decending. Hit wires landing.Apr 24, 1994 · Substantial damageIncident 19890320026919IFinal Approach · Lodi, CAStruck and cut power lines on final approach. Thought lines were under ground from appearance of visible parts.Mar 20, 1989Incident 19890311029759IParachute Jumping · Lodi, CAJumpers saw no action by the chutist to deploy either one of his parachutes. Impacted ground in prone position.Mar 11, 1989 · 1 fatalIncident 19850127019589IParachute Jumping · Lodi, CAParachutist fell to death. Witnesses did not see him attemp to open reserve chute after main chute fouled.Jan 27, 1985 · 1 fatalIncident 19780819048769INormal Cruise · Tooele, UTReserve chute was not deployed after 2 cells of main chute did not inflate. Seven cell parafoil.Aug 19, 1978 · 1 fatal