# Incident 19790408012059I: Lkheed 18LKHEED, Taft, CA, April 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 1979, 13:00 local time
- Place: Taft, CA
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 35.1267° N, 119.4242° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Taft, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1267&lon=-119.4242&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N117G-2005-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lockheed 18 (registry code 5261602, https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright C9GC&D series (registry code 67027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-c9gc-d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LKHEED 18LKHEED
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19790408012059I

## Narrative

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

END RIGHT CELL OF JUMPERS MULTI CELL CANOPY DID NOT INFLATE. LANDED IN AQUEDUCT FOR EASY LANDING. EXPIRED.

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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