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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182C · Wamego, KS · March 25, 1989

Date
March 25, 1989 · 14:40 local
Place
Wamego, KS
Airport
Wamego Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N8993T
Reported as
Cessna 182C
Reported engine
Continental O470L
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
420 total180 in this make and model40 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.

Sky divers chute did not inflate. Entered spin. Reserve deployed too low to be effective. Pilot flying for hire.

As the FAA filed it

SKY DIVERS CHUTE DID NOT INFLATE. ENTERED SPIN. RESERVE DEPLOYED TOO LOW TO BE EFFECTIVE. PILOT FLYING FOR HIRE.

Other reports on N8993T · 1

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