- Date
- March 8, 1981
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3538YCessna 182F
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810308038799A
- Case key
- 127103
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0985 81/3/8 HOUSTON,TX CESSNA 182F CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2130 N3538Y PX- 0 0 4 PARAJUMP-SPORT AGE 43, 546 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 18 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- RESERVE CHUTE CAUGHT ON HORZ STAB DRNG DROP TOWING CHUTIST.NO KNIFE OR RES CHUTE RELEASE CARRIED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3538Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3538YRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2012 · Cessna 182FAirframe modelCessna 182FEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3538Y · 1
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