# Incident 19960831035519I: Cessna 182, Decatur, TX, August 31, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1996, 13:15 local time
- Place: Decatur, TX
- Airport: Decatur Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 33.2542° N, 97.5805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR MUNI (LUD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2542&lon=-97.5805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6483A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6483A) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960831035519I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. JOHN T. HASLER REPORTED THAT HE WAS PERFORMING IN AN ACCURACY CONTEST ON AUGUST 30, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:15 PM. DURING DESCENT, HE NOTICED THAT HE WAS APPROACHING THE TARGET AREA AT A HIGH SPEED. HE SAID THAT HE HAD A TARGET FIXATION AND THAT HIS APPROACH WAS NOT A NORMAL APPROACH FOR THE WIND CONDITION. WITHOUT PAYING ATTENTION TO WIND DIRECTION AND ALTITUDE, HE WENT PAST THE TARGET AND TRIED TO CORRECT, BUT MISJUDGED AT APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE PARACHUTE PARTIALLY COLLAPSED AND HE IMPACTED THE GROUND CAUSING A DISLOCATED BROKEN HIP AND HEAD TRAUMA. HE WAS NOT WEARING A HELMET AND ONE IS NOT REQUIRED. MR. HASLER SAID THAT IF HE HAD BEEN WEARING A HELMET, IT WOULD NOT HAVE HAD ANY IMPACT ON THE INJURY THAT HE RECEIVED. THIS INCIDENT 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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