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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182 · Menomonee Falls, WI · May 15, 1983

Date
May 15, 1983 · 18:45 local
Place
Menomonee Falls, WI
Airport
Aeropark
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N5792B
Reported as
Cessna 182
Reported engine
Continental O470R
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
230 total80 in this make and model10 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.

Main parachute failed to deploy. Jumper went into a spin. Opened reserve chute too late at 300 feet. No defects.

As the FAA filed it

MAIN PARACHUTE FAILED TO DEPLOY. JUMPER WENT INTO A SPIN. OPENED RESERVE CHUTE TOO LATE AT 300 FEET. NO DEFECTS.

Other reports on N5792B · 1

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