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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Castalia, OH · August 25, 1990

Date
August 25, 1990 · 18:54 local
Place
Castalia, OH
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N3012E
Reported as
Cessna 172
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.

Jumpers main chute failed to fully open. Reserve chute was deployed too late.

As the FAA filed it

JUMPERS MAIN CHUTE FAILED TO FULLY OPEN. RESERVE CHUTE WAS DEPLOYED TOO LATE.