31.8730° N, 89.7340° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Magee, MS, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 12, 1979 · 15:45 local
Place
Magee, MS
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N7183E
Reported as
Cessna 182B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 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.
Pilot ran out of fuel after chutists jumped from airplane, landed safely on highway.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT RAN OUT OF FUEL AFTER CHUTISTS JUMPED FROM AIRPLANE, LANDED SAFELY ON HIGHWAY.