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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna U206 · California City, CA · January 14, 1983

Date
January 14, 1983 · 10:50 local
Place
California City, CA
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N29173
Reported as
Cessna U206
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total500 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Parachutist failed to open either parachute after free fall maneuvering for photographer.

As the FAA filed it

PARACHUTIST FAILED TO OPEN EITHER PARACHUTE AFTER FREE FALL MANEUVERING FOR PHOTOGRAPHER.

Other reports on N29173 · 6

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