# Incident 19790307020059I: Cessna 182, Raeford, NC, March 7, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 1979, 14:28 local time
- Place: Raeford, NC
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 34.9804° N, 79.2295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Raeford, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9804&lon=-79.2295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5311B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5311B-2013-04-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,800 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/19790307020059I

## Narrative

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

PARACHUTE FATALITY. POSSIBLE MEDICAL CAUSE FOR FAILURE TO PULL RIP CORDS

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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