What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Main chute failed to deploy. Reserve deployed too late.
As the FAA filed it
MAIN CHUTE FAILED TO DEPLOY. RESERVE DEPLOYED TOO LATE.
FAA incident report · Cessna 172K · Fremont, CA · May 17, 1981
- Date
- May 17, 1981 · 18:15 local
- Place
- Fremont, CA
- Airport
- Fremont
- Phase of flight
- Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules
- General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft
- N84849
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- People aboard
- 2
- Fatal injuries
- 1
- Pilot’s flight hours
- 180 total30 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.