19871003080509I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Edinburg, TX · October 3, 1987

Date
October 3, 1987 · 18:45 local
Place
Edinburg, TX
Airport
Burch Airstrip
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N6316E
Reported as
Cessna 172
Reported engine
Continental O300A
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total

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 did not open. Reserve chute entangle with main chute. Packed own chute. Did not hold a packing license.

As the FAA filed it

MAIN CHUTE DID NOT OPEN. RESERVE CHUTE ENTANGLE WITH MAIN CHUTE. PACKED OWN CHUTE. DID NOT HOLD A PACKING LICENSE.

Other reports on N6316E · 1

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