# Incident 19800913086889I: Cessna 182, Sun City, AZ, September 13, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1980, 18:30 local time
- Place: Sun City, AZ
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 33.6155° N, 112.2831° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sun City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6155&lon=-112.2831&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3876D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3876D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470-L (registry code 17374, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 500 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/19800913086889I

## Narrative

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

SKYDIVER FATALITY, CHUTE DID NOT OPEN.

## Other reports on N3876D (1)

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

- [Incident 19810215003769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810215003769I), Feb 15, 1981: Cessna 182 (N3876D), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Pilot landed directly into sun. Left wing struck saguaro cactus causing minor damage to wing.

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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