# Incident 19861123069709I: Cessna A185F, Hazleton, PA, November 23, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1986, 14:00 local time
- Place: Hazleton, PA
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 40.9505° N, 75.9725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hazleton, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9505&lon=-75.9725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N19D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861123069709I

## Narrative

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

PARACHUTISTS COLLIDED, ONE CHUTE FAILED TO OPEN, RESULTING IN A FATALITY.

## Other reports on N19D (2)

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

- [Accident 20210416001449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210416001449A), Apr 16, 2021: Cessna A185F (N19D), North Vernon, IN, Substantial damage. On April 16, 2021, at approximately 2030 eastern standard time, a Cessna CE-A185F aircraft, N19D, landed on a golf course immediately after departing the North…
- [Incident 19900826045489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900826045489I), Aug 26, 1990: Cessna A185F (N19D), Hazelton, PA. Jumpers pilot chute caught on door handle. Door opened and chute deployed. Forced jumper out of aircraft.

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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