# Incident 19820101002979I: Beech G18S, Eustis, FL, January 1, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1982, 17:15 local time
- Place: Eustis, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 28.8572° N, 81.6768° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eustis, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8572&lon=-81.6768&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9374Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9374Y-1991-05-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech G18S (registry code 1151010, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-g18s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH G18S
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 24,000 total, 450 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820101002979I

## Narrative

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

MAIN CHUTE OPENED, MALFUNCTIONED, WAS CUT AWAY. PARACHUTIST FAILED TO USE EMERGENCY CHUTE, THICK GLOVES A FACTOR.

## Other reports on N9374Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19790902033979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790902033979I), Sep 2, 1979: Beech G18S (N9374Y), Buffalo, NY. Experienced elevator trim problems. Found trim chain dirty.

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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