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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182 · Barnwell, SC · May 21, 1983

Date
May 21, 1983 · 15:00 local
Place
Barnwell, SC
Airport
Barnwell County
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N5441B
Reported as
Cessna 182
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,775 total1,500 in this make and model0 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.

Jumper was killed when he inadvertently released main canopy. Too low for resreve chute to slow descent.

As the FAA filed it

JUMPER WAS KILLED WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY RELEASED MAIN CANOPY. TOO LOW FOR RESREVE CHUTE TO SLOW DESCENT.

Other reports on N5441B · 2

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