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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Wellsville, KS · August 21, 1979

Date
August 21, 1979 · 19:30 local
Place
Wellsville, KS
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N40GC
Reported as
Cessna 180
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
660 total20 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.

On first jump parachutist landed in lake and drowned. She was wearing flotation gear but did not activate it.

As the FAA filed it

ON FIRST JUMP PARACHUTIST LANDED IN LAKE AND DROWNED. SHE WAS WEARING FLOTATION GEAR BUT DID NOT ACTIVATE IT.