# Incident 19940106004439I: Cessna 182, Humacoa, PR, January 6, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1994, 12:45 local time
- Place: Humacoa, PR
- Airport: Humacao Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5619B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5619B-2018-05-30) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 345 total, 8 in this make and model, 94 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940106004439I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. JOSE BADRENA, A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION AND HOLDER OF BASIC LICENSE A-16220 AND INTERMEDIATE LICENSE B-16473, WAS A CASUALTY DURING A SPORTS PARACHUTE JUMP ON JANUARY 6, 1994, AT HUMACAO, PUERTO RICO. HE HAD EIGHTY NINE (89) PREVIOUS JUMPS AND HELD TWO RECOGNITION CERTIFICATES FOR FOUR WAY FORMATION BY THE U.S. PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION. THE CANOPY PARACHUTE, SERIAL NUMBER 176R5185, WAS MANUFACTURED IN SEPTEMBER 1993, AND PACKED IN DELAND, FLORIDA BY MR. WILLIAM WEBER, CERTIFICATE NO. 2297215, OF UNINSURED RELATIVE WORKSHOP, INC. THE EXIT ALTITUDE WAS 9,500 FEET FOR A ROUTINE FOUR-WAY FORMATION JUMP. THE EXIT WAS FREE FLOWN WITH ONE PARACHUTIST IN THE "V", TWO ON THE STEP AND MR. BADRENA IN THE DOOR. THE EXIT WAS DESCRIBED BY THE JUMP MASTER, MR. LESLIE VAN LEWIS, AS UNEVENTFUL BY SPREAD OUT. A TWO WAY BASE WAS FORMED BY 7,000 FEET AND FLOWN NON CONTACT AS PLANNED. AT 4,000 FEET THE BASE SAW THE OTHER TWO JUMPERS AND PERCEIVED THEY WERE TRACKING AWAY TO DEPLOY. MR. BADRENA COLLIDED WITH THE UNOPENED PARACHUTE OF ANOTHER JUMPER AND WAS OBSERVED DESCENDING IN A FLAT SPIRAL UNTIL IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.

## Other reports on N5619B (1)

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

- [Incident 19930321016279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930321016279I), Mar 21, 1993: Cessna 182 (N5619B), Humacoa, PR, Minor damage. Sudden vibration on takeoff roll. Aborted. A propeller blade had separated from propeller hub assembly.

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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