# Incident 19990116010509I: Cessna 182, Granbury, TX, January 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 1999, 14:45 local time
- Place: Granbury, TX
- Airport: Granbury Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4431° N, 97.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRANBURY RGNL (GDJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4431&lon=-97.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5324B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5324B-2022-10-01) (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)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 100 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990116010509I

## Narrative

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

SKYDIVER: STEPHEN JOHN MARTIN, DOB 11/12/58, APPROXIAMTELY 270 JUMPS.  MR. MARTIN WAS TRAINED AT SKYDIVE TAXAS ON FEBRUARY 27, 1993.  HE WAS SKYDIVING WITH EAGLES NEST SKYDIVING INC., ON JANUARY 16, 1999, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A FATAL SKYDIVE.  MR. MARTIN WAS A CURRENT USPA LEVEL D.SKYDIVER WITH A PRO RATING.  HE OWNED AND PACKED HIS OWN ICARUS OMEGA, 176 SQUARE FOOT, PARACHUTE MAUFACTURED BY PRECISION AERODYNAMICS.  THE PARACHUTE WAS MANUFACTURED IN SEPTEMBER 1998 WITH SERIAL MUNBER 90834484, AND WAS RATED FOR 246 LBS AND A MAXIMUM OPENING SPEED OF 150 KNOTS.  UPON OPENING THE PARACHUTE, THE LEFT BRAKE RELEASED WHILE THE RIGHT REMAINED STOWED IN A NORMAL PARTIAL BRAKE POSTION CAUSING A SPIRAL.  MR. MARTIN DID NOT TAKE NORMAL CORRECTIVE ACTION TO CORRECT THE ABNORMAL SITUATION AND SPIRALED TO HIS DEATH.

## Other reports on N5324B (2)

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

- [Incident 20210627010999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210627010999I), Jun 27, 2021: Cessna 182 (N5324B), Berlin, MD, Minor damage. On 06/27/2021 at approximately 1330, at the Ocean City Municipal Airport, Berlin, MD the pilot of N5324B experienced an engine failure during a climb out for a…
- [Incident 19990207011859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990207011859I), Feb 7, 1999: Cessna 182 (N5324B), Granbury, TX. Mr. Shane berthelot, an individual wihtout any pilot experience, was skidiving near the Granbury airport, Granbury, Texas, when he lost consious while passing…

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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