# Incident 19801220089809I: Cessna 180, Marine City, MI, December 20, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1980, 16:00 local time
- Place: Marine City, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 42.7143° N, 82.5028° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marine City, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7143&lon=-82.5028&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2284C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2284C) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 150 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/19801220089809I

## Narrative

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

JUMPER INJURED IN LANDING, EXECUTING A SPIRAL MANEUVER CLOSE TO THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N2284C (1)

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

- [Incident 19790929049559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790929049559I), Sep 29, 1979: Cessna 180 (N2284C), Marine City, MI, 1 fatal. Jumper killed when main canopy twisted into a barber pole malfunction. Reserve chute was deployed too late.

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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