# Incident 20001001031749I: Cessna 182L, Superior, WI, October 1, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2000, 12:41 local time
- Place: Superior, WI
- Airport: Richard Bong Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 46.7208° N, 92.1041° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Superior, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7208&lon=-92.1041&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70520, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70520-2018-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001001031749I

## Narrative

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

(-23)TWO SKYDIVERS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ JUMPED FROM N70520.  ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA^, THEY COLLIDED IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEPLOYING THEIR MAIN CHUTES.  ^PRIVAC^ WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS.  ^PRIVACY ^ SAID THEY TANGLED MOMEMTARILY, CLEARED, AND CONTINUED DESCENT.  ^PRIVAC^ WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.  HE DIED LATER WITHOUT REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS.  THE DIVERS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH SKYDIVER SUPERIOR.  ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SKYDIVE SUPERIOR OWNER, AND PILOT OF THE JUMP PLANE, ^PRIVAC^ HAD 199 JUMPS, 30-40 THIS YEAR.  THIS WAS ^PRIVACY ^ SECOND JUMP OF THE DAY.  HE HAD REPACKED HIS CHUTE, A VECTOR CONTAINER, AFTER THE FIRST JUMP.  THE RESERVE CHUTE, A PERFORMANCE DESIGN 135, WAS PACKED BY ^PRIVACY DATA^, SEAL SYMBOL NGJ, ON 09-17-00.  ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA^, HIS SON, JUMPED 2ND JUMPER HAD 1600 JUMPS.

## Other reports on N70520 (1)

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

- [Accident 20131102020882A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131102020882A), Nov 2, 2013: Cessna 182L (N70520), Superior, WI, Destroyed. Aircraft were flying in formation conducting parachute operations. This aicraft was the lead aircraft. After reaching jump altitude of approximately 12,000…

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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