# Incident 20010310005349I: Cessna 182F, Connersville, IN, March 10, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2001, 12:45 local time
- Place: Connersville, IN
- Airport: Mettel Field Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 39.6982° N, 85.1311° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at METTEL FLD (CEV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6982&lon=-85.1311&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3591Y (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010310005349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 10, 2001 ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ AGE 24 OF NEWPORT KY RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES WHILE SKYDIVING AT CONNERSVILLE, IN. THIS WAS TO HAVE BEEN HER TENTH JUMP. THE VICTIM FAILED TO DEPLOY EITHER PARACHUTE. THE AAD APPEARED TO HAVE FIRED ON IMPACT. IT HAD SIGNS OF IMPACT DAMAGE. HER INITIAL GROUND TRAINING WAS COMPLETED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2000. SHE COMPLETED FIVE STATIC LINE JUMPS IN THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 17, 2000 TO NOVEMBER 5, 2000. FROM NOVEMBER 5, 2000 TO FEBRUARY 18, 2001 FOUR FREEFALL JUMPS WERE MADE. THE MAIN PARACHUTE WAS A PISA SKYMASTER 290. THE RESERVE WAS A PISA TEMPO 250. THE RESERVE HAS BEEN BACK BY A CERTIFIED PARACHUTE RIGGER, WITHIN THE LAST 120 DAYS. EXAMINATION OF THE EQUIPMENT FOUND NO APPARENT DEFECTS.

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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