# Incident 19990103005669I: Cessna 182, Redding, CA, January 3, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 1999, 12:00 local time
- Place: Redding, CA
- Airport: Redding Municipal
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 40.5090° N, 122.2934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REDDING RGNL (RDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5090&lon=-122.2934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3901D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3901D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990103005669I

## Narrative

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

(-5) JERROLD T. SPOON INCURRED SERIOUS LEG AND HEAD INJURIES DURING A PARACHUTE LANDING INCIDENT. HIS RAM AIR CANOPY, A TRIATHOLON 160, WAS OPERATING NORMALLY WHEN HE IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY .5 NAUTICAL MILES SHORT OF HIS INTENDED LANDING ZONE. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT MR. SPOON WAS MANEUVERING TO AVOID POWERLINES DURING THE LANDING PHASE. HE IS A UNITED STATES PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION MEMBER WITH 207 PREVIOUS PARACHUTE JUMPS. HE RESERVE PARACHUTE REPACK DATE WAS CURRENT AND HIS LAST LOGGED JUMP PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT WAS DECEMBER 12, 1998.

## Other reports on N3901D (1)

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

- [Accident 19800628021919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800628021919A), Jun 28, 1980: Cessna 182 (N3901D), Marble Mount, WA, Destroyed. Search airplane hit downdraft flying in a canyon. Unable to outclimb rising terrain.

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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