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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182A · St Elmo, AL · September 5, 1992

Date
September 5, 1992 · 14:20 local
Place
St Elmo, AL
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N3923D
Reported as
Cessna 182A
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total400 in this make and model110 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.

On a static line deployment both chutes opened. Became entangled. Caused fatal injuries to chutist.

As the FAA filed it

ON A STATIC LINE DEPLOYMENT BOTH CHUTES OPENED. BECAME ENTANGLED. CAUSED FATAL INJURIES TO CHUTIST.