# Incident 20000902026989I: Cessna 182, Connellsville, PA, September 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2000, 16:30 local time
- Place: Connellsville, PA
- Airport: Connellsville Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 40.0159° N, 79.5896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Connellsville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0159&lon=-79.5896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5350B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5350B-2022-04-08) (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)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Pilot flight hours: 844 total, 235 in this make and model, 134 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000902026989I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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