# Incident 19971120042999I: Cessna 182, Key West, FL, November 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1997, 13:50 local time
- Place: Key West, FL
- Airport: Sugar Loaf
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 24.5651° N, 81.7755° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Key West, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5651&lon=-81.7755&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5469B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5469B) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971120042999I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: TWO JUMPERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AT 10,000' MSL WITH NO PROBLEM, BOTH PARACHUTES WORKED WITH NO PROBLEM. AT APPROXIMATELY 100' AGL MR. FUNK (FATALITY) ATTEMPTED AN ABRUPT MANEUVER TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND AND HE HIT VERY HARD. HE WAS MED-EVAC TO BAPTIST HOSPITAL, KENDALL, FLORIDA WHERE HE DIED. NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND WITH PARACHUTE, WEATHER, OPERATOR, ETC. IT APPEARS TO BE BAD DECISION MAKING ON THE PART OF THE PARACHUTIST (MR. JUSTUS FUNK) NONE OF THE 9 RESPONSIBILITIES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS PARACHUTE INCIDENT. OCCURRED DURING LANDING. PARACHUTIST CONDUCTED MANEUVER AT TOO LOW OF AN ALTITUDE WHICH CAUSED HIM TO STRIKE THE GROUND VERY HARD.

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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