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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 210-5 · Amarillo, TX · December 29, 1991

Date
December 29, 1991 · 16:20 local
Place
Amarillo, TX
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N1868Z
Reported as
Cessna 2105
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
770 total140 in this make and model25 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 could not find pilot chute. Pulled main canopy cutaway handle and froze. No attempt to pull reserve chute.

As the FAA filed it

JUMPER COULD NOT FIND PILOT CHUTE. PULLED MAIN CANOPY CUTAWAY HANDLE AND FROZE. NO ATTEMPT TO PULL RESERVE CHUTE.

Other reports on N1868Z · 2

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