# Incident 20010704019459I: Cessna 182N, Beeville, TX, July 4, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2001, 14:30 local time
- Place: Beeville, TX
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 28.4052° N, 97.7489° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beeville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4052&lon=-97.7489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92823, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92823-2020-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182N (registry code 2072730, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182N
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010704019459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 4, 2001, AT 2:30 P.M., DAVID W. WALKER WAS PARTICIPATING IN A SOLO PARACHUTE JUMP IN BEEVILLE, TX, AT SKY'S THE LIMIT PARACHUTE CENTER. THIS WAS MR. WALKER'S 39THE JUMP.  HE LEFT THE AIRCRAFT (CESSNA SKYLANE N92823) AT 10,500 FEET AND DEPLOYED HIS MAIN PARACHUTE AT 4,000 FEET AFTER A STABLE FREE FALL.  HE HAD A GOOD CANOPY AND STEERED IT IN THE GENERAL AREA OF THE DROP ZONE.  THE WINDS WERE 4-5 MPH AND SHIFTING AROUND IN DIRECTION.  MR. WALKER WAS HEADING EAST IN THE DIRECTION OF SOME POWER LINES AND AT ABOUT 30 FEET UP HE MADE A HARD LEFT 180 DEGREE TURN TO AVOID THEM.  HE AND HIS CANOPY BOTH HIT THE GROUND AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING.  911 WAS CALLED AND EMS ARRIVED ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER.  MR. WALKER WAS AIR LIFTED TO CORPUS CHRISTI, TX, WHERE HE DIED ON THE OPERATING ROOM FROM INTERNAL BLEEDING.

## Other reports on N92823 (2)

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

- [Accident 19730902027859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730902027859A), Sep 2, 1973: Cessna 182H (N92823), Onida, ND, Substantial damage. Lnd on ranch strip. Nose gr struck rock hidden by grass.
- [Accident 19730114002619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730114002619A), Jan 14, 1973: Cessna 182N (N92823), Broomfield, CO, Substantial damage. No time in make and model last 10MOS.wind gusting 28K.ATIS wx brfg.

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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