# Incident 19820904059949I: Woodstock, CT, September 4, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1982, 19:25 local time
- Place: Woodstock, CT
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.9484° N, 71.9740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woodstock, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9484&lon=-71.9740&mi=10
- Aircraft: NR262 (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 3
- 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/19820904059949I

## Narrative

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

MAIN PARACHUTE FAILED TO OPEN. RESERVE CHUTE BECAME TANGLED. CHUTIST HAD IMPROPERLY ROUTED BRIDLE ON PACKING CHUTE.

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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