# NTSB MIA68S0004: Cessna 180, N3663C, Deland, FL, January 28, 1968

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 28, 1968
- Place: Deland, FL · DELAND, FL
- Location: 29.0227° N, 81.2865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeLand, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0227&lon=-81.2865&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 20, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111591
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA68S0004
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68S0004

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0003  68/1/28    DELAND,FLA          CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1450                    N3663C              PX-  1  0  0  PARAJUMP-SPORT            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DELAND
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        REMARKS- PARACHUTIST BECAME ENTANGLED IN MAIN CHUTE AND FAILED TO DEPLOY RESERVE CHUTE AT SUFFICIENT ALT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3663C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: Deland

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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