# Incident 19850815051139I: Cessna 182, Canton, OH, August 15, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1985, 15:10 local time
- Place: Canton, OH
- Airport: Martin
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 40.8077° N, 81.3672° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Canton, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8077&lon=-81.3672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6332A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6332A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 1
- 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/19850815051139I

## Narrative

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

MAIN CHUTE FAILED AND EMERGENCY CHUTE TANGLED AND FAILED TO DEPLOY.CUT AWAY MAIN CHUTE EARLY. FATAL.

## Other reports on N6332A (1)

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

- [Incident 19780520034559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780520034559I), May 20, 1978: Cessna 182 (N6332A), Atwater, OH. Parachute fatality. Cause undetermined.

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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