# Incident 19801227088689I: Cessna 2105, Homestead, FL, December 27, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1980, 16:15 local time
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8244Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8244Z-1999-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210-5(205) (registry code 2073202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210-5-205) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 2105
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- 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/19801227088689I

## Narrative

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

ZX FATALITY ON FIRST JUMP. RELEASED MAIN CHUTE WHICH ACTIVATES RESERVE CHUTE. IMPACT WITH GROUND BEFORE DEPLOYED.

## Other reports on N8244Z (1)

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

- [Incident 19810131023479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810131023479I), Jan 31, 1981: Cessna 2105 (N8244Z), Homestead, FL, No damage, 1 fatal. Jumper found drowned in canal. This was only second jump and chute deployed normally and body not entangled.

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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