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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Elkton, MD · April 7, 1979

Date: April 7, 1979 · 18:30 local
Place: Elkton, MD
Airport: Private
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft: N1543Y
Reported as: Cessna 172
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,400 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N1543YRegistration cancelled Jul 31, 2021 · Cessna 172CS/N 17249243 · Built 1962 Airframe modelCessna 172C Engine modelContinental 0-300 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.

Jumper killed when she lost control of the ripcord handle. Waited too long to deploy reserve.

As the FAA filed it

JUMPER KILLED WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE RIPCORD HANDLE. WAITED TOO LONG TO DEPLOY RESERVE.

Other reports on N1543Y · 3

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

Accident 20180815014229ALanding: Touchdown · Silver City, NMOn August 15, 2018, at 1150 MDT, a Cessna 172C, N1543Y, registered to [privacy data omitted] was substantially damaged on landing at grant county airport (ksvc)at Silver City, new Mexico while on a personal student pilot cross-country flight. Visual…Aug 15, 2018 · Substantial damage Accident 19790802021739AForced Landing · Germansville, PAPilot made go around due to blocked runway. Engine stopped. Crash landed in corn field. No engine defect.Aug 2, 1979 · Substantial damage Incident 19780902016979IDescent · Chesapeake City, MDParachute failed to fully open, skydiver injured.Sep 2, 1978