# NTSB DEN69F0212: Cessna 180, N2918A, Littleton, CO, March 15, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: March 15, 1969
- Place: Littleton, CO · LITTLETON, CO
- Location: 39.5904° N, 105.0201° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Littleton, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5904&lon=-105.0201&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 28, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 190956
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN69F0212
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN69F0212

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0607  69/3/15    LITTLETON,COLO      CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1655                    N2918A              PX-  0  1  0  PARAJUMP-SPORT            AGE 28, 631 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            57 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBINE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
        REMARKS- JUMPERS AUX CHUTE OPENED INSIDE ACFT.CANOPY SPILLED OUT PULLING JUMPER OUT.DOOR AND SUPPORT BROKE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2918A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2918A-1996-05-16), registration cancelled 1996-05-16, S/N 30118 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Columbine

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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