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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172P · Lake Mary, FL · November 3, 1989

Date
November 3, 1989 · 19:15 local
Place
Lake Mary, FL
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N51825
Reported as
Cessna 172P
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total200 in this make and model45 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.

Jumper failed to cut away main canopy and deploy reserve chute. Found canopy tangled.

As the FAA filed it

JUMPER FAILED TO CUT AWAY MAIN CANOPY AND DEPLOY RESERVE CHUTE. FOUND CANOPY TANGLED.