# Incident 19790429025339I: Beech D18S, Chula Vista, CA, April 29, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1979, 16:47 local time
- Place: Chula Vista, CA
- Airport: Borderland Air Sp
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 32.6400° N, 117.0842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chula Vista, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6400&lon=-117.0842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5804C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5804C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D18S (registry code 1151004, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (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 D18S
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,845 total, 530 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/19790429025339I

## Narrative

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

AFTER RELATIVE MANEUVER, ONE JUMPER FELL INTO ANOTHERS CAMOPY, COLLAPSED IT. ONE JUMPER WAS KILLED.

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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