# Incident 19850811077359I: Cessna 208, Freeport, IL, August 11, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1985, 10:40 local time
- Place: Freeport, IL
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 42.2890° N, 89.6343° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Freeport, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2890&lon=-89.6343&mi=10
- Aircraft: N551CC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N551CC-2013-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208 (registry code 2073702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- 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/19850811077359I

## Narrative

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

KNOT IN CHUTE LINE AS CHUTIST TUMBLED.  RESERVE CHUTE PULLED TOO CLOSE TO PREVENT GROUND IMPACT.

## Other reports on N551CC (1)

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

- [Accident 19850929047899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850929047899A), Sep 29, 1985: Cessna 208 (N551CC), Jenkinsburg, GA, Destroyed, 16 fatal. Overgross aircraft stalled and spun during climbout. Fuel was contaminated and aircraft lacked proper restraints.

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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