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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Worthington, PA · July 23, 1989

Date
July 23, 1989 · 20:00 local
Place
Worthington, PA
Airport
J T Willie Airport
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N3327D
Reported as
Cessna 180
People aboard
3
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.

Main chute did not fully deploy. Released main chute. Entered free fall out of control. Reserve chute never opened.

As the FAA filed it

MAIN CHUTE DID NOT FULLY DEPLOY. RELEASED MAIN CHUTE. ENTERED FREE FALL OUT OF CONTROL. RESERVE CHUTE NEVER OPENED.

Other reports on N3327D · 2

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