# Incident 19860503042849I: Cessna TU206F, California City, CA, May 3, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1986, 11:20 local time
- Place: California City, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 35.1258° N, 117.9859° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of California City, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1258&lon=-117.9859&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8276Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8276Q-2013-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206F (registry code 2073353, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206F
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860503042849I

## Narrative

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

MAIN CHUTE BELLY WRAPPED JUMPER. RESERVE CHUTE TANGLED UPON ITSELF, CHUTIST IMPACTED THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N8276Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19880514030439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880514030439I), May 14, 1988: Cessna TU206F (N8276Q), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Right main landing gear wheel separated on taxi for takeoff. Wheel flange attachment failed.

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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