# Accident 19910929043659A: Cessna 182, Hadley, MA, September 29, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1991, 12:45 local time
- Place: Hadley, MA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3418° N, 72.5884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hadley, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3418&lon=-72.5884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6316A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6316A-1991-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,946 total, 1,844 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC91LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA252) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910929043659A

## Narrative

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

JUMPERS CHUTE OPENED STANDING IN DOORWAY. PULLED HIM OUT. FOULED TAIL. OUT OF CONTROL. PILOT HAD TO PARACHUTE ALSO

## 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 NYC91LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91LA252), Sep 29, 1991: Cessna 182 (N6316A), Hadley, MA, destroyed. Probable cause: AN INFLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO ENTANGLEMENT OF A PREMATURELY DEPLOYED PARACHUTE IN THE ELEVATOR.

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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