# Accident 19881009046459A: Cessna 182A, Sparta, IL, October 9, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1988, 17:00 local time
- Place: Sparta, IL
- Airport: Sparta Community-Hunter Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1489° N, 89.6985° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPARTA COMMUNITY-HUNTER FLD (SAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1489&lon=-89.6985&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4717D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4717D-1992-06-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 564 total, 225 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881009046459A

## Narrative

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

JUMPERS CHUTE CAUGHT ON DOORWAY . CHUTE OPENED AND JUMPER WAS PULLED OUT STRIKING HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI89LA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA012), Oct 9, 1988: Cessna 182 (N4717D), Sparta, IL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4717D (4)

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

- [Accident 19890225002739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890225002739A), Feb 25, 1989: Cessna 182A (N4717D), Sparta, IL, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climbout. Crash landed in soft field off airport. Piece of duct tape from patched duct blocked air.
- [Incident 19880731041459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880731041459I), Jul 31, 1988: Cessna 182A (N4717D), Sparta, IL, 1 fatal. Experienced chutist did not open main chute. Released reserve chute too late to deploy before impact. Chute normal.
- [Incident 19870704046759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870704046759I), Jul 4, 1987: Cessna 182A (N4717D), Como, TN, Minor damage. The wingtip struck tall corn on side of narrow grass runway on rollout. Aircraft nosed over in the corn.
- [Incident 19860329050369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860329050369I), Mar 29, 1986: Cessna 182 (N4717D), Paris, TN, 1 fatal. During free fall main parachute became entangled around leg. Reserve also tangled. Fatal impact.

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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