# Incident 19970412011599I: Cessna A185F, Superior, WI, April 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1997, 15:59 local time
- Place: Superior, WI
- Airport: Richard Bong Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 46.7208° N, 92.1041° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Superior, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7208&lon=-92.1041&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94059, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94059) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 75 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970412011599I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: SKYDIVER ROBERT WESLEY YOUNG EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AT 11,000 FT. MSL AND JOINED IN A 3-WAY JUMP AND AT 3,000 FT. MSL THE GROUP SEPARATED. MR. YOUNG GRABBED HIS PILOT CHUTE TO THROW IT OUT BUT IT WRAPPED AROUND HIS RIGHT WRIST AND TWISTED. THE JUMPER WAS OBSERVED OUT OF CONTROL WITH HIS RIGHT ARM EXTENDED. AT 100 FT. MSL MR. YOUNG WAS ABLE TO BREAKAWAY HIS MAIN CHUTE AND DEPLOY HIS RESERVE CHUTE. THE RESERVE CHUTE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO OPEN AND MR. YOUNG HIT THE EARTH. MR. YOUNG DIED INSTANTLY UPON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATION NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED DURING THE SKYDIVING OPERATION. THUS EACH RESPONSIBILITY IS BEING CLOSED OUT AS NO ACTION.

## Other reports on N94059 (3)

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

- [Accident 20131102020872A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131102020872A), Nov 2, 2013: Cessna A185F (N94059), Superior, WI, Substantial damage. Aircraft were flying in formation conducting parachute operations. This aircraft was the trailing aircraft. After reaching jump altitude of approximately…
- [Incident 19881103069919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881103069919I), Nov 3, 1988: Cessna A185F (N94059), Superior, WI, 1 fatal. Student chutist entered spin. Jump master unable to grasp him. Impacted fatally. Main chute partly deployed.
- [Incident 19880921058069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880921058069I), Sep 21, 1988: Cessna 185F (N94059), Superior, WI, Minor damage. Engine failed after takeoff. Returned. Landed short of grass runway. Struck runway marker. Fuel selector problem.

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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