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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182 · Louisburg, NC · February 16, 1986

Date
February 16, 1986 · 13:45 local
Place
Louisburg, NC
Airport
Franklin
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N5475B
Reported as
Cessna 182
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 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.

Chutist failed to extend main parachute. Impacted ground with reserve deployed shortly prior to impact.

As the FAA filed it

CHUTIST FAILED TO EXTEND MAIN PARACHUTE. IMPACTED GROUND WITH RESERVE DEPLOYED SHORTLY PRIOR TO IMPACT.