# Incident 20000620033559I: Cessna 175A, Panama City, FL, June 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2000, 17:55 local time
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Airport: Panama City Beach
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2040° N, 85.8202° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Panama City Beach Airstrip, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2040&lon=-85.8202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6844E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6844E-2011-07-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 175A (registry code 2072504, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000620033559I

## Narrative

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

(-23)AT APPROXIMATELY 1755 EST 06/20/2000, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ JUMPED FROM N6844E AT 3,000 FT MSL AS A SKYDIVER.  EYEWITNESSES REPORT A NORMAL CHUTE DEPLOYMENT FOLLOWED BY VARIOUS MANEUVERS DURING DESCENT.  AT APPROXIMATELY 300' AGL WHILE APPROACHING THE LANDING AREA FROM THE EAST (DUE TO A LIGHT BREEZE FROM THE WEST) ^PRIVACY DAT^ INITIATED A SPIRAL DESCENT AT APPROXIMATELY 45 FEET AND HEADED DOWNWIND.  HE THEN INITIATED AN AGGRESSIVE 180 DEGRESS RIGHT TURN. AT THIS LOW ALTITUDE RECOVERY FROM THIS MANEUVER WAS NOT POSSIBLE.  GROUND IMPACT WAS MADE AT T HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF DESCENT.  ^PRIVACY DAT^ SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AS THE RESULT OF IMPACT WITH THE GROUND AND WAS PRONOUNCED AT THE SCENE BY LOCAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS.  THE BODY WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE AND AN AUTOPSY WAS PERFROMED ON 06/21/2000.

## Other reports on N6844E (2)

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

- [Incident 20040828019599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040828019599I), Aug 28, 2004: Cessna 175A (N6844E), Panama City, FL. (-23) While conducting banner tow operation, pilot noticed progressive knocking from engine, and loss of power. Pilot felt engine would not continue to develop…
- [Accident 19970622015949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970622015949A), Jun 22, 1997: Cessna 175A (N6844E), Panama City Bea, FL, Substantial damage. Cut short banner tow due thunderstorms. Dropped banner over grass strip. Unable stop landing. Overran into ditch. (-23) pilot landed aircraft on 1000 ft. wet…

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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