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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Mcsherrystown, PA · October 1, 1995

Date: October 1, 1995 · 17:10 local
Place: Mcsherrystown, PA
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N4586B
Reported as: Cessna 180
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,000 total8,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N4586BRegistered now · Cessna 180S/N 31485 · Built 1955 Airframe modelCessna 180 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: the jumper, lee sanford hulett, had over fifty years experience as a parachute jumper. He was affiliated with "sky divin place" parachute club, located at the hanover airport, Mcsherrystown, PA. The emergency parachute, a phantom 265, was last inspected on July 21, 1995 by a master rigger. The inspection revealed no defects. Both the main and emergency chutes were found at the accident site, intact and not deployed. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE JUMPER, LEE SANFORD HULETT, HAD OVER FIFTY YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A PARACHUTE JUMPER. HE WAS AFFILIATED WITH "SKY DIVIN PLACE" PARACHUTE CLUB, LOCATED AT THE HANOVER AIRPORT, MCSHERRYSTOWN, PA. THE EMERGENCY PARACHUTE, A PHANTOM 265, WAS LAST INSPECTED ON JULY 21, 1995 BY A MASTER RIGGER. THE INSPECTION REVEALED NO DEFECTS. BOTH THE MAIN AND EMERGENCY CHUTES WERE FOUND AT THE ACCIDENT SITE, INTACT AND NOT DEPLOYED. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.