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FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Sheridan, OR · May 16, 1981

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Date
May 16, 1981 · 13:30 local
Place
Sheridan, OR
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N2392C
Reported as
Cessna 180
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total700 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days
N2392CRegistered now · Cessna 180S/N 30692 · Built 1954Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Zx main chute failed to deploy on static line jump. Cut away and jumper deployed reserve chute too late.

As the FAA filed it

ZX MAIN CHUTE FAILED TO DEPLOY ON STATIC LINE JUMP. CUT AWAY AND JUMPER DEPLOYED RESERVE CHUTE TOO LATE.

Other reports on N2392C · 1

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

Incident 19880908052069IParachute Jumping · Sheridan, ORAppears student chutist did not cut away from malfunctioning main chute with enough altitude to deploy reserve one.Sep 8, 1988 · 1 fatal