# Incident 20150817020039I: Cessna 182, West Addison, VT, August 17, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2015, 16:24 local time
- Place: West Addison, VT
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0817° N, 73.3943° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Addison, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0817&lon=-73.3943&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321EE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N321EE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150817020039I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 17,2015 AT 1624 HOURS DETECTIVE SERGENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE RUTLAND, VERMONT STATE POLICE WAS NOTIFIED OF A PARACHUTIST IN WEST ADDISON,VERMONT MAKING A HARD LANDING.

THE PARACHUTIST, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD 49 YEARS SKYDIVING EXPERIENCE. HIS MOST RECENT JUMPS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH SKYDIVING ADVENTURES WEST ADDISON, VERMONT. HIS PARACHUTE WAS MANUFACTURED IN JULY OF 2012 BY  HURRICANE. MODEL 120, P/N, HURRICANE 120-9.THE RESERVE PARACHUTE A PARAFLIT MODEL SWIFTPLUS, WAS PACKED ON 04/14/2015 BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PLACE: VSA VT, CERTIFICATE # ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VMS.

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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