# Incident 19790821033139I: Cessna 180, Wellsville, KS, August 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1979, 19:30 local time
- Place: Wellsville, KS
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7177° N, 95.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wellsville, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7177&lon=-95.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40GC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 660 total, 20 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/19790821033139I

## Narrative

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

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

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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