# Incident 19800713060579I: Cessna 182C, Argentine, MI, July 13, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1980, 20:50 local time
- Place: Argentine, MI
- Airport: Nowicki
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 42.7906° N, 83.8385° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Argentine, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7906&lon=-83.8385&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8793T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8793T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 550 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/19800713060579I

## Narrative

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

EXPERIENCED JUMPER JUMPED OUT AT 7500 FEET. NEITHER OF HIS 2 CHUTES OPENED.

## Other reports on N8793T (3)

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

- [Incident 19920711033629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920711033629I), Jul 11, 1992: Cessna 182C (N8793T), New Hudson, MI, Minor damage. In flight fire. Pilot extinguished fire. Landed safely. Battery cable not properly installed caused arcing.
- [Incident 19810725068359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810725068359I), Jul 25, 1981: Cessna 182C (N8793T), Davison, MI. Zx parachutist encountered wind and was slammed to the ground. Suffered broken leg.
- [Incident 19790707020009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790707020009I), Jul 7, 1979: Cessna 182C (N8793T), Otisville, MI, Minor damage. Sun was in pilots eyes on final. He landed long, ran off departure end of 1825 ft runway into a plowed field.

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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