- Date
- November 18, 1967
- Place
- Smithfield, UT · SMITHFIELD, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3872LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112862
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4122 67/11/18 SMITHFIELD,UT CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 513 TIME - 1435 N3872L PX- 0 0 2 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-PARACHUTE OPENED IN ACFT,PULLED CHUTIST OUT. REMARKS- STRESS ON DOOR POST/SKIN CAUSED DAMAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3872L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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