# Incident 19940605024209I: Cessna 180, Lyman, ME, June 5, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1994, 15:50 local time
- Place: Lyman, ME
- Airport: Gracey Evans
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 43.5025° N, 70.6436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Town of Lyman, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5025&lon=-70.6436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1607C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1607C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,689 total, 3,215 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940605024209I

## Narrative

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

JUMPER DEPARTED WITHA A BACKFLIP. PARACHUTE LINES CAUGHT BOOT. DEPLOYED EMERGENCY CHUTE ALSO TANGLED AND STREAMED.

## Other reports on N1607C (2)

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

- [Accident 19920705056219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920705056219A), Jul 5, 1992: Cessna 180 (N1607C), Sanford, ME, Substantial damage. Ground looped the tailwheel 180 on landing roll. Blamed crosswind gust. Wind reported as light.
- [Accident 19731223040189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731223040189A), Dec 23, 1973: Cessna 180 (N1607C), Stow, MA, Substantial damage. Failed to negotiate turn on taxiway taxied off taxiway into drainage ditch.

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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