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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182 · Taunton, MA · July 7, 1979

Date
July 7, 1979 · 14:00 local
Place
Taunton, MA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N3520U
Reported as
Cessna 182
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total450 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.

Chutist apparently made no attempt to deploy reserve chute after main chute fouled during deployment.

As the FAA filed it

CHUTIST APPARENTLY MADE NO ATTEMPT TO DEPLOY RESERVE CHUTE AFTER MAIN CHUTE FOULED DURING DEPLOYMENT.