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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182 · Lillomgton, NC · September 18, 1993

Date
September 18, 1993 · 16:40 local
Place
Lillomgton, NC
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6310A
Reported as
Cessna 182
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
292 total

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 experienced a horseshoe malfunction of main chute. Reserve chute deployed. Jumper impacted ground.

As the FAA filed it

JUMPER EXPERIENCED A HORSESHOE MALFUNCTION OF MAIN CHUTE. RESERVE CHUTE DEPLOYED. JUMPER IMPACTED GROUND.