# Incident 19980625025889I: Cessna 182B, Richmond, IN, June 25, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1998, 15:45 local time
- Place: Richmond, IN
- Airport: Richmond Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7561° N, 84.8427° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICHMOND MUNI (RID), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7561&lon=-84.8427&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2485G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2485G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980625025889I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 25, 1998 AT APPROXIMATELY 1545 EST LYNETTE J. DAVIS SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES WHIL PARTICIPATING IN A SPORT PARACHUTE JUMP. THE JUMP WAS CONDUCTED BY AERODROME SKYSPORTS AT RICHMOND, IN. LYNETTE J. DAVIS HAD RECIEVED HER TRAINING FROM AERODROME SKYSPORTS AND THIS WAS HER 1ST JUMP, A STATIC LINE JUMP. LYNETTE J. DAVIS'S MAIN PARACHUTEA 9 CELL MANTA S/N M3252, MANUFATCURED 05/21/92 HAD BEEN PACKED BY A CERTIFITCATED PARACHUTE RIGGER ON STAFF, HER RESERVE PARACHUTE A NATIONAL 28 PHANTOM S/N 28-557 MANUFACTURED 04/28/87 HAD BEEN PACKED ON 5/15/98 BY STEPHEN R. STEWART A CERTIFICATED PARACHUTE RIGGER #2216505 AND SEAL SYMABOL LZW. BOTH PARACHUTES WERE EXAMINED BY THE FAA IIC A CERTIFICATED PARACHUTE RIGGER AND NO INDICATIONS OF DAMAGE OR MALFUNCTION COULD BE IDENTIFIED. WITNESSES STATED THAT MS DAVIS EXECUTED AN IMPROPER EXIT FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND BECAME TANGLED IN THE PARACHUTE AS IT OPENED.

## Other reports on N2485G (1)

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

- [Incident 19840628037279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840628037279I), Jun 28, 1984: Cessna 182B (N2485G), Waynesville, OH, 1 fatal. Parachutist made no attempt to deploy parachute prior to ground impact. Had personal problems.

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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