# Incident 19960727024379I: Cessna 182C, Mount Vernon, MO, July 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1996, 17:30 local time
- Place: Mount Vernon, MO
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 37.1048° N, 93.8187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Vernon, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1048&lon=-93.8187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8640T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8640T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960727024379I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SATURDAY JULY 27, 1996, AT 17:00 CDT, MR. GARY FUZZELL, A STUDENT PARACHUTIST, DEPARTED MOUNT VERNON AIRPORT (MO20) IN CESSNA 182, N8640T PILOTED BY MR. KEVIN BOUCHARD, (COM CFI) CERTIFICATE NUMBER 381768101, FOR HIS INITIAL PARACHUTE JUMP. MR. FUZZELL WAS A STUDENT OF FREE FALL EXPRESS, A PARACHUTE SCHOOL LOCATED AT MO20. MR. FUZZELL EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AT APRX. 4500' AGL. INSTRUCTOR STATED (SEE ATTACHED STATEMENT) THAT MR. FUZZELL BECAME ENTANGLED IN HIS MAIN CHUTE, DEPLOYED HIS RESERVE. IT TO BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE MAIN CHUTE AND ONLY PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. MR. FUZZELL STRUCK THE GROUND AND RECEIVED A BROKEN LEFT ANKLE, FRACTURED RIBS, AND TORN LIGAMENT IN LEFT KNEE. 1. NAME:	GARY FUZZELL 2. STUDENT JUMPER: THIS WAS FIRST JUMP. 3. STUDENT OF: FREE FALL EXPRESS, MOUNT VERNON AIRPORT, MOUNT VERNON, MO. 4. MAIN CHUTE: TRIATHLON 260 (NEW). RESERVE : TEMPO 250 (NEW). AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICE: ASTRA BY FXC (NEW). EQUIPMENT WAS INSPECTED BY MASTER RIGGER DON HERBEL, VALLEY CENTER, KS. MASTER RIGGER STATED THAT ALL STATED EQUIPMENT WAS IN PROPER WORKING ORDER, AND RECORDS OF INSPECTION AND REPAIRS WERE CURRENT. THIS PARACHUTE INCIDENT, CE961GA00111, IS CLOSED.

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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