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NTSB incident investigation · Cessna 182 · Rockledge, FL · August 20, 1967

Incident · FatalClosed
Date
August 20, 1967
Place
Rockledge, FL · ROCKLEDGE, FL
Injuries
1 fatal, 4 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N5403BCessna 182
Status
Completed · report February 9, 1968
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
113418

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0009  67/8/20    ROCKLEDGE,FLA       CESSNA 182          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR,
        TIME - 1010                    N5403B              PX-  1  0  3  PARAJUMP-SPORT            UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENS AIR PARK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        REMARKS- JUMPER EXITED ACFT IMPROPERLY AND CHUTES BECAME ENTANGLED WHEN OPENED.

Aircraft

Registration
N5403B
Reported as
Cessna 182
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
No damage
Airport
Greens Air Park

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