# Incident 19790512026339I: Cessna 182, Myakka City, FL, May 12, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1979, 13:11 local time
- Place: Myakka City, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 27.3498° N, 82.1615° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Myakka City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3498&lon=-82.1615&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5574B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5574B) (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: 3
- 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/19790512026339I

## Narrative

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

CHUTIST FAILED TO JETTISON MALFUNCTIONING MAIN CHUTE, RESERVE CHUTE BECAME ENTANGLED. CAUSE OF MALFUNCTION UNKNOWN.

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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