# Incident 19790307019179I: Beech UC45J, Pope Valley, CA, March 7, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1979, 11:45 local time
- Place: Pope Valley, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- 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: N35095, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35095-2009-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech UC-45J (registry code 1150911, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-uc-45j) (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 UC45J
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 450 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/19790307019179I

## Narrative

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

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 19940424009099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940424009099A), Apr 24, 1994: Beech UC45J (N35095), Lodi, CA, Substantial damage. Climb to drop area both engine cutting out. Exited jumpers. Failed use carb heat decending. Hit wires landing.
- [Incident 19890320026919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890320026919I), Mar 20, 1989: Beech UC45J (N35095), Lodi, CA. Struck and cut power lines on final approach. Thought lines were under ground from appearance of visible parts.
- [Incident 19890311029759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890311029759I), Mar 11, 1989: Beech UC45J (N35095), Lodi, CA, 1 fatal. Jumpers saw no action by the chutist to deploy either one of his parachutes. Impacted ground in prone position.
- [Incident 19850127019589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850127019589I), Jan 27, 1985: Beech UC45J (N35095), Lodi, CA, 1 fatal. Parachutist fell to death. Witnesses did not see him attemp to open reserve chute after main chute fouled.
- [Incident 19780819048769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780819048769I), Aug 19, 1978: Beech UC45J (N35095), Tooele, UT, 1 fatal. Reserve chute was not deployed after 2 cells of main chute did not inflate. Seven cell parafoil.

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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