# Incident 19830521032189I: Cessna 182, Barnwell, SC, May 21, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1983, 15:00 local time
- Place: Barnwell, SC
- Airport: Barnwell County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 33.2577° N, 81.3882° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BARNWELL RGNL (BNL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2577&lon=-81.3882&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5441B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5441B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,775 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830521032189I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

JUMPER WAS KILLED WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY RELEASED MAIN CANOPY. TOO LOW FOR RESREVE CHUTE TO SLOW DESCENT.

## Other reports on N5441B (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19920321006969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920321006969A), Mar 21, 1992: Cessna 182 (N5441B), Barnwell, SC, Minor damage, 1 fatal. Struck and fatally injured a person on taxiway during a night low pass. Claims pass for gear check. Not verified.
- [Incident 19840923055019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840923055019I), Sep 23, 1984: Cessna 182 (N5441B), Raeford, NC, 1 fatal. Parachute jumper killed. He had modified his chute, by passing reserve chute pull.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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