# Incident 19790903034289I: Pottstown, PA, September 3, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1979
- Place: Pottstown, PA
- Airport: Limerick
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 40.2509° N, 75.6448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pottstown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2509&lon=-75.6448&mi=10
- Aircraft: NR216 (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19790903034289I

## Narrative

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

SKYDIVER'S CHUTE FAILED TO OPEN PROPERLY RESULTING IN FATALITY.

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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