# Incident 19790818032129I: Cessna 182B, Baldwin, WI, August 18, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1979, 18:00 local time
- Place: Baldwin, WI
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 44.9541° N, 92.3718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baldwin, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9541&lon=-92.3718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7261E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7261E-2013-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,688 total, 2,500 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/19790818032129I

## Narrative

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

PARACHUTE FATALITY.

## Other reports on N7261E (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940522012109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940522012109A), May 22, 1994: Cessna 182B (N7261E), Glencoe, MN, Destroyed. Landed in field mistaken for airport. Tried go around but struck fence post and trees before crashing.
- [Accident 19811127079769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811127079769A), Nov 27, 1981: Cessna 182B (N7261E), Eden Prairie, MN, Substantial damage. Engine quit on takeoff due to carburetor icing. Turned back. High sink rate. Impacted snow area on airport.

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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