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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182 · Connellsville, PA · September 2, 2000

Date: September 2, 2000 · 16:30 local
Place: Connellsville, PA
Airport: Connellsville Airport
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft: N5350B
Reported as: Cessna 182
Pilot’s flight hours: 844 total235 in this make and model134 in the last 90 days

N5350BRegistration cancelled Apr 8, 2022 · Cessna 182S/N 33350 · Built 1956 Airframe modelCessna 182 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)As the parachutist boarded the landing gear footstep device from which he would initiate his jump, his left jumpsuit legging became entangled with the leading edge of the above-mentioned footstep device, thus preventing a clean exit from the aircraft. The parachutist remained suspended from the aircraft until the pilot successfully landed on a grassy area paralleling the departure airport's runway 32.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)AS THE PARACHUTIST BOARDED THE LANDING GEAR FOOTSTEP DEVICE FROM WHICH HE WOULD INITIATE HIS JUMP, HIS LEFT JUMPSUIT LEGGING BECAME ENTANGLED WITH THE LEADING EDGE OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED FOOTSTEP DEVICE, THUS PREVENTING A CLEAN EXIT FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE PARACHUTIST REMAINED SUSPENDED FROM THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL THE PILOT SUCCESSFULLY LANDED ON A GRASSY AREA PARALLELING THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT'S RUNWAY 32.