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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182 · Grant, MI · April 10, 1979

Date
April 10, 1979 · 14:00 local
Place
Grant, MI
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N6255A
Reported as
Cessna 182
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total100 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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.

Main chute failed to deploy. Reserve not actuated. No equipment malfunction. Pilot chute cord in wrong place.

As the FAA filed it

MAIN CHUTE FAILED TO DEPLOY. RESERVE NOT ACTUATED. NO EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION. PILOT CHUTE CORD IN WRONG PLACE.