# Incident 19810516040189I: Cessna 180, Sheridan, OR, May 16, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1981, 13:30 local time
- Place: Sheridan, OR
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 45.0959° N, 123.3981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sheridan, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0959&lon=-123.3981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2392C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2392C) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810516040189I

## Narrative

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

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 19880908052069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880908052069I), Sep 8, 1988: Cessna 180 (N2392C), Sheridan, OR, 1 fatal. Appears student chutist did not cut away from malfunctioning main chute with enough altitude to deploy reserve one.

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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