# Incident 19820718036769I: Watsonville, CA, July 18, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1982, 15:30 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 36.9236° N, 121.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watsonville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9236&lon=-121.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: NR243 (not matched to a registry record)
- 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/19820718036769I

## Narrative

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

PARACHUTIST MAIN CHUTE MALFUNCTIONED AND WAS CUT AWAY. EMERGENCY CHUTE NOT OPENED, FOULED IN SHROUD LINES.

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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