# Incident 19900502018549I: Cessna 182A, Walterboro, SC, May 2, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1990, 15:15 local time
- Place: Walterboro, SC
- Airport: Walterboro Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 32.8983° N, 80.6814° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Walterboro, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8983&lon=-80.6814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4019D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4019D-2021-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 922 total, 700 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900502018549I

## Narrative

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

APPEARS LINE TWISTS OF MAIN CANOPY CAUSED CHUTIST TO TURN . DEPLOYED RESERVE TOO LATE.

## Other reports on N4019D (1)

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

- [Incident 19881001054419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881001054419I), Oct 1, 1988: Cessna 182A (N4019D), Walterboro, SC, 1 fatal. Main chute did not deploy nor did reserve chute. Evidence jumpers legs or arm tangled emergency chute.

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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