# Incident 19810524040499I: Cessna 180, Kalispell, MT, May 24, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1981, 20:15 local time
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2162° N, 114.3276° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalispell, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2162&lon=-114.3276&mi=10
- Aircraft: N966K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N966K-1990-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 35 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810524040499I

## Narrative

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

FATAL PARACHUTE ACCIDENT. PARACHUTE MALFUNCTIONED.

## Other reports on N966K (3)

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

- [Accident 19841231070709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841231070709A), Dec 31, 1984: Cessna 180 (N966K), Marion, MT, Substantial damage. Snow covered runway plowed, but snow still too deep. Nosed over on back on landing rollout.
- [Accident 19810626036549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810626036549A), Jun 26, 1981: Cessna 180 (N966K), Thayne, WY, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing. Ground-looped into a ditch.
- [Incident 19780114003009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780114003009I), Jan 14, 1978: Cessna 180 (N966K), Blackfoot, ID, Minor damage. Ran off end of runway after landing downwind, icy runway a factor.

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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