# Incident 19800515055189I: Cessna 180A, Gardiner, NY, May 15, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 1980, 17:00 local time
- Place: Gardiner, NY
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.6795° N, 74.1479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gardiner, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6795&lon=-74.1479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N181WS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N181WS-2003-05-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- 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/19800515055189I

## Narrative

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

MAIN CHUTE MALFUNCTIONED, SAFETY CHUTE NOT DEPLOYED. PARACHUTIST KILLED.

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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