# Incident 19991003036249I: Cessna 182B, Rome, GA, October 3, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1999, 14:20 local time
- Place: Rome, GA
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 34.2570° N, 85.1647° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rome, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2570&lon=-85.1647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2479G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2479G-2012-09-10) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991003036249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) JAMES BENEDICT FELL TO HIS DEATH DURING A SKYDIVING INCIDENT.  HE JUMPED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 3,500 FEET.  AN INSPECTION OF THE PARACHUTING EQUIPMENT REVEALED THAT THE RESERVE WAS PARTIALLY DEPLOYED.  NEITHER THE MAIN CANOPY ACTIVATION DEVICE NOR THE RESERVE CANOPY ACTIVATION DEVICE HAD BEEN ACTIVATED DURING DESCENT.  THE INSPECTION ALSO INDICATED THATTHE HARNESS/CONTAINER SYSTEM MAY HAVE BEEN RETURNED TO SERVICE BY THE MASTER PARACHUTE RIGGER WITHOUT EVIDENCE OF A TSO, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                       THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD WAS NOTIFIED.  THE NTSB INVESTIGATOR STATED THAT THEY DO NOT GET INVOLVED WITH  PARACHUTING INCIDENTS.

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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