# Incident 19980726045929I: Cessna 208, Gonzales, LA, July 26, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1998, 16:00 local time
- Place: Gonzales, LA
- Airport: Louisiana Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 30.1714° N, 90.9404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOUISIANA RGNL (REG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1714&lon=-90.9404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N104VE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 950 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980726045929I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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