# Incident 19810605034929I: Cessna 180, Albuquerque, NM, June 5, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1981, 19:30 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3128D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3128D) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810605034929I

## Narrative

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

FATAL PARACHUTE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N3128D (1)

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

- [Incident 19801228085079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801228085079I), Dec 28, 1980: Cessna 180 (N3128D), Valencia, NM, Minor damage. Zt smoke was detected in cockpit. The positive battery cable had shorted out in the area of the firewall.

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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