# Incident 19791028053879I: Cessna 182A, Lafayette, WI, October 28, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1979, 17:10 local time
- Place: Lafayette, WI
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Aircraft: N5925B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5925B-2013-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 250 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/19791028053879I

## Narrative

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

MAIN CHUTE NOT DEPLOYED DUE TO RESTRICTION OF THE RIP LORD LINE. RESERVE OPENED JUST AS JUMPER IMPACTED.

## Other reports on N5925B (1)

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

- [Accident 19860411011539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860411011539A), Apr 11, 1986: Cessna STC182 (N5925B), Death Valley, CA, Substantial damage. Approach was high and after correcting to glidepath, engine did not respond to throttle. Landed short.

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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