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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 208 · Gonzales, LA · July 26, 1998

Date: July 26, 1998 · 16:00 local
Place: Gonzales, LA
Airport: Louisiana Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft: N104VE
Reported as: Cessna 208
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,500 total950 in this make and model100 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.

(-5) On July 26, 1998, at approximately 1600 central daylight time, a Cessna, model 208-B, aircraft, N104VE, registered to viking express, inc., and operated by pilot-in-command john g. dunlea, under title 14 CFR parts 91 and 105, was involved in a skydiving incident at the Louisiana Regional Airport, Gonzales, Louisiana. VFR conditions prevailed and a flight plan was no filed. One jumper sustained fatal injuries on impact with the ground.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) ON JULY 26, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA, MODEL 208-B, AIRCRAFT, N104VE, REGISTERED TO VIKING EXPRESS, INC., AND OPERATED BY PILOT-IN-COMMAND JOHN G. DUNLEA, UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PARTS 91 AND 105, WAS INVOLVED IN A SKYDIVING INCIDENT AT THE LOUISIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT, GONZALES, LOUISIANA. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NO FILED. ONE JUMPER SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES ON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.