19871011065699I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182E · West Georgia Re, GA · October 11, 1987

Date
October 11, 1987 · 19:25 local
Place
West Georgia Re, GA
Airport
Carrollton
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N2869Y
Reported as
Cessna 182E
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
250 total250 in this make and model60 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.

Chutist experienced line twist during canopy opening. Failed to follow procedures and impacted the ground.

As the FAA filed it

CHUTIST EXPERIENCED LINE TWIST DURING CANOPY OPENING. FAILED TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES AND IMPACTED THE GROUND.