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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Bardstown, KY · March 9, 1980

Date
March 9, 1980 · 15:55 local
Place
Bardstown, KY
Airport
Old Nelson Co
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N24GC
Reported as
Cessna 180
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

Parachute jumper failed to open either main or reserve chute.

As the FAA filed it

PARACHUTE JUMPER FAILED TO OPEN EITHER MAIN OR RESERVE CHUTE.