- Date
- April 19, 1980
- Place
- Murrieta, CA · MURRIETA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N22418Howard DGA-15
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800419010869A
- Case key
- 131100
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0397 80/4/19 NR.MURRIETA,CA. HOWARD DGA-15 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 2100 TIME - 1710 N22418 PX- 0 0 4 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 550 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MURRIETA THOMPSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MURRIETA,CA. LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: OTHER HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-PREMATURE CHUTE OPENING. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PARACHUTE ENTANGLED WITH ELEVATOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22418
- Reported as
- Howard DGA-15
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Murrieta Thompson
N22418Registered now · Howard DGA-15PAirframe modelHoward DGA-15PEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.