- Date
- August 3, 1975
- Place
- Charlotte, MI · CHARLOTTE, MI
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8659TCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750803024789A
- Case key
- 201294
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2338 75/8/3 CHARLOTTE,MI CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 34, 836 TIME - 2045 N8659T PX- 0 0 4 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 550 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTE,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- JUMPER ON STEP,RIPCORD SNAGGED,CHUTE RELEASED.R ELEV SEPD.LNDD OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8659T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8659T · 1
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