- Date
- October 30, 1971
- Place
- Portage, MI · PORTAGE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4743BCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164286
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3891 71/10/30 PORTAGE,MICH CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1410 N4743B PX- 0 1 3 PARAJUMP-SPORT AGE 38, 5550 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUSTIN LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTAGE,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE REMARKS- JUMPMASTERS RESERVE CHUTE DEPLOYED PRIOR TO HIS EXIT.DMG TO R DR POST W PX PULLED OUT BY CHUTE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4743B
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Austin Lake
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