# Incident 19930131005149I: Cessna 182, Vandalia, IL, January 31, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1993, 10:30 local time
- Place: Vandalia, IL
- Airport: Vandalia Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 38.9915° N, 89.1662° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VANDALIA MUNI (VLA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9915&lon=-89.1662&mi=10
- Aircraft: NR898 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930131005149I

## Narrative

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

ON A PARACHUTE JUMP CHUTIST FAILED TO FOLLOW CORRECT PROCEDURIES IN LANDING. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. DIED 3 DAYS LATER.

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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