# Incident 19850920060489I: Doug DC3, North Las Vegas, NV, September 20, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1985, 12:23 local time
- Place: North Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Air Terminal
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 36.1989° N, 115.1175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Las Vegas, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1989&lon=-115.1175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7500A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7500A-2014-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC3 (registry code 3021401, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright C9GC&D series (registry code 67027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-c9gc-d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3
- People aboard: 23
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850920060489I

## Narrative

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

MAIN CHUTE SUSPENSION LINES WRAPPED AROUND CANOPY SKIRT. EMERGENCY CHUTE ENTANGLED AROUND LINES.

## Other reports on N7500A (1)

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

- [Incident 19851207074509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851207074509I), Dec 7, 1985: Doug DC3 (N7500A), Los Angeles, CA. Entered tca without prior authorization. Allegation could not be substantiated.

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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