- Date
- October 5, 1974
- Place
- Hazelton, PA · HAZELTON, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55RCCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report January 9, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741005030689A
- Case key
- 143023
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3743 74/10/5 HAZELTON,PA CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 755 TIME - 1130 N55RC PX- 0 1 3 PARAJUMP-SPORT TOTAL HOURS, 618 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HAZELTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAZELTON,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- CHUTE INADVERTENTLY OPENED,JUMPER HIT DOOR POST DMGNG FUSELAGE & CAUSING AILERON TO BIND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55RC
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hazelton
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.