# Incident 19860629041439I: Cessna 182D, Ovid, NY, June 29, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 1986, 16:00 local time
- Place: Ovid, NY
- Airport: Ovid
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 42.6548° N, 76.7963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OVID (D82), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6548&lon=-76.7963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8717X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8717X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 175 total, 80 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860629041439I

## Narrative

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

CHUTE WENT INTO A SLOW SPIN AFTER JUMPER DEPARTED AIRCRAFT. CUTAWAY USED AT TOO LOW AN ALTITUDE. IMPACTED GROUND.

## Other reports on N8717X (1)

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

- [Incident 19870425026649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870425026649I), Apr 25, 1987: Cessna 182D (N8717X), Ovid, NY, Minor damage. The aircraft ran off the end of the runway during abort. The pilot failed to use flaps for takeoff.

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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