# Incident 19800621055879I: Cessna 180, Osceola, MN, June 21, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1980, 13:30 local time
- Place: Osceola, MN
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8483° N, 94.8133° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Township of Osceola, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8483&lon=-94.8133&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1585C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1585C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 400 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/19800621055879I

## Narrative

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

MAIN PARACHUTE DID NOT OPEN. RESERVE DID NOT OPEN IN TIME. ONE SKYDIVER FATALITY.

## Other reports on N1585C (1)

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

- [Accident 20170820013499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170820013499A), Aug 20, 2017: Cessna 180 (N1585C), Newport, NH, Substantial damage. Pilot of a Cessna 180 had right brake control issues while taxiing, which resulted in the pilot ground looping the aicraft.

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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