# Incident 19811011076129I: Piper PA22150, Ada, OH, October 11, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1981, 20:14 local time
- Place: Ada, OH
- Airport: Ada
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7906° N, 83.8291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ADA (OI88), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7906&lon=-83.8291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3743P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3743P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- 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/19811011076129I

## Narrative

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

JUMPERS MAIN CHUTE FAILED. UNOPENED RESERVE CHUTE FOUND ON VICTIMS BODY. RESERVE CHUTE TESTED, OPENED PROPERLY.

## Other reports on N3743P (2)

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

- [Accident 19920908035579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920908035579A), Sep 8, 1992: Piper PA22150 (N3743P), Petersburg, MI, Substantial damage. Struck wires on approach to runway. Reported sun glare obscured wires. Wires not marked. Close to runway.
- [Accident 19840801039629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840801039629A), Aug 1, 1984: Piper PA22150 (N3743P), Findlay, OH, Substantial damage. Partial power loss on takeoff. Landed in field, flipped over. Carburetor heat control linkage broken, mixture rich.

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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