# Incident 20000715020959I: Cessna 182F, Humacoa, PR, July 15, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2000, 18:45 local time
- Place: Humacoa, PR
- Airport: Humacao Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N3243U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3243U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182F (registry code 2072714, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Reported engine: CONT IO550F
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000715020959I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON JULY 17, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 0800AM, OUR OFFICE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE OWNER OF PUERTO RICO SKYDVING SCHOOL, ^PRIVACY DATA ^, REGARDING AN ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED ON JULY 15, 2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 0645PM, AT HUMACAO AIRPORT, IN WHICH ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^, INSTRUCTOR PARACHUTIST OF PUERTO RICO SKYDIVING SCHOOL, DIED WHEN HE IMPACTED THE RUNWAY AT A STEEP ANGLE OF DESCENT AT HUMACAO AIRPORT, DUE TO CONTROL PROBLEMS WITH HIS PARACHUTE WHILE APPROACHING AT THE LENDING AREA AT HUMACAO AIRPORT. EYE WITNESSES AT THE SCENE WERE INTERVIEWED AND STATED THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ LOST CONTROL OF THE PARACHUTE APPROXIMATELY ON THE LAST 100 FEET.  ONE OF THE INSTRUCTOR AT THE SCENE, ^PRIVACY DATA^, SAID THAT HE SAW ^PRIVACY ^ STRUGGLING WITH HIS PARACHUTE DUE TO THE FACT HE LOST FOR  SOME REASON THE CONTROL HANDLES WHICH ALLOWS HIM TO CONTROL THE PARACHUTE ON THE APPROACH.  ^PRIVACY ^ HAD AN ESTIMATED 1000 JUMPS AND HE WAS ONE OF THE INSTRUCTORS OF THE PUERTO RICE SKYDIVING SCHOOL.  ^PRIVACY DATA ^ STATED THAT THE PARACHUTE WAS PACKED BY ^PRIVACY ^.

## Other reports on N3243U (1)

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

- [Incident 19791010051569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791010051569I), Oct 10, 1979: Cessna 182 (N3243U), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. Pilot too low on IFR approach, struck the approach lights.

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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