# Accident 19810308038799A: Cessna 182, Houston, TX, March 8, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1981, 15:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Spring Creek
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3538Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3538Y-2012-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (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: 546 total, 17 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DRA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRA19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810308038799A

## Narrative

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

JUMPERS RESERVE CHUTE DEPLOYED AS JUMPER WAS LEAVING AIRPLANE. CHUTE CAUGHT ON ELEVATOR, CAME LOOSE AT 800 FEET.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW81DRA19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRA19), Mar 8, 1981: Cessna 182F (N3538Y), Houston, TX, substantial damage

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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