# Incident 19860413018739I: Cessna 172P, Old Town, ME, April 13, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1986, 17:05 local time
- Place: Old Town, ME
- Airport: Old Town
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9342° N, 68.6453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Old Town, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9342&lon=-68.6453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53680, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53680-2008-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 750 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860413018739I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT JUMPER LANDED IN RIVER AND DROWNED.

## Other reports on N53680 (1)

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

- [Incident 19851103061549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851103061549I), Nov 3, 1985: Cessna 172P (N53680), Old Town, ME, Minor damage. Aircraft left main gear struck a deer during takeoff roll. Gear was knocked off. Landed safely at other airport.

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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