# Incident 19800901067869I: Cessna 180D, Angola, NY, September 1, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1980, 19:44 local time
- Place: Angola, NY
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 42.6379° N, 79.0295° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Angola, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6379&lon=-79.0295&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6489X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6489X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180D (registry code 2072610, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180D
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 600 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/19800901067869I

## Narrative

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

PARACHUTIST KILLED WHILE MAKING HIS FIRST WATER JUMP.

## Other reports on N6489X (2)

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

- [Incident 20050305009409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050305009409I), Mar 5, 2005: Cessna 180D (N6489X), Jamestown, NY, Minor damage. (-23) On March 5, 2005, at 1400 EST, a Cessna 180, N6489X, registered to frontier skydivers, landed at Jamestown/Chautauqua airport and the left wheel then…
- [Incident 19921027055799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921027055799I), Oct 27, 1992: Cessna 180D (N6489X), Newfane, NY, Minor damage. Pilot struck a tree on approach to land with left wing. Made go around and landed safely.

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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