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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182C · Fairfield, UT · September 20, 1986

Date
September 20, 1986 · 13:15 local
Place
Fairfield, UT
Airport
Cedar City
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9907T
Reported as
Cessna 182C
People aboard
3
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.

Main chute failed to deploy properly. Emergency chute opened too late to prevent skydiver fatality.

As the FAA filed it

MAIN CHUTE FAILED TO DEPLOY PROPERLY. EMERGENCY CHUTE OPENED TOO LATE TO PREVENT SKYDIVER FATALITY.