# Incident 19800913070559I: Cessna 182, Deland, FL, September 13, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1980, 18:16 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 29.0227° N, 81.2865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeLand, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0227&lon=-81.2865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6236A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6236A-2013-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- 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/19800913070559I

## Narrative

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

PARACHUTIST KILLED WHEN HE PULLED THE WRONG HANDLE.

## Other reports on N6236A (1)

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

- [Incident 19800604055329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800604055329I), Jun 4, 1980: Cessna 182 (N6236A), Deland, FL, 1 fatal. Parachute jumper killed when main chute separted from harness. Victim made no attempt to activate reserve chute

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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