- Date
- June 25, 1978
- Place
- Elberta, AL · ELBERTA, AL
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6306BCessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780625016289A
- Case key
- 141189
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1433 78/6/25 ELBERTA,AL CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 390 TIME - 1430 N6306B PX- 0 0 4 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELBERTA,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-PREMATURE CHUTE OPENING REMARKS- WING,HORIZONTAL STAB DMGD.LNDD OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6306B
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Horak Fld
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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.