19791123046899I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182 · Beaumont, TX · November 23, 1979

Date
November 23, 1979 · 10:00 local
Place
Beaumont, TX
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N896X
Reported as
Cessna 182
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
900 total250 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.

Chute caught on aircraft fuel selector valve. Deployed, pulled chutist out. Struck aircrft, landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

CHUTE CAUGHT ON AIRCRAFT FUEL SELECTOR VALVE. DEPLOYED, PULLED CHUTIST OUT. STRUCK AIRCRFT, LANDED SAFELY.