19881103069919I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Superior, WI · November 3, 1988

Date
November 3, 1988 · 13:30 local
Place
Superior, WI
Airport
Richard Bong Airport
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N94059
Reported as
Cessna A185F
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
1

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.

Student chutist entered spin. Jump master unable to grasp him. Impacted fatally. Main chute partly deployed.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT CHUTIST ENTERED SPIN. JUMP MASTER UNABLE TO GRASP HIM. IMPACTED FATALLY. MAIN CHUTE PARTLY DEPLOYED.

Other reports on N94059 · 3

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