# Incident 19880919057879I: Cessna 182C, Gainesville, TX, September 19, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1988, 17:52 local time
- Place: Gainesville, TX
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 33.6386° N, 97.1484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gainesville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6386&lon=-97.1484&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8641T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8641T-2013-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 7,300 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880919057879I

## Narrative

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

CHUTIST WAITED UNTIL TOO CLOSE TO GROUND TO DEPLOY CHUTE. COULD NOT GET AIR UNDER CHUTE AND COLLIDED WITH GROUND.

## Other reports on N8641T (1)

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

- [Accident 20010629033559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010629033559A), Jun 29, 2001: Cessna 182C (N8641T), Gladewater, TX, No damage. (-23) Entered haze/cloud at 8000 AGL, 140 mph while practicing chandelle. Rolled inverted. Front and l. side windshield blew out. Pilot recovered an landed…

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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