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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182P · Ridgely, MD · September 10, 1983

Date
September 10, 1983 · 10:20 local
Place
Ridgely, MD
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N21127
Reported as
Cessna 182P
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

Main parachute failed to open due to jumpers unstable head down position. Emergency chute tangled on jumpers feet.

As the FAA filed it

MAIN PARACHUTE FAILED TO OPEN DUE TO JUMPERS UNSTABLE HEAD DOWN POSITION. EMERGENCY CHUTE TANGLED ON JUMPERS FEET.

Other reports on N21127 · 2

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