# Incident 20020506010039I: Cessna 182A, Ellington, CT, May 6, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2002, 10:30 local time
- Place: Ellington, CT
- Airport: Ellington Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.9254° N, 72.4571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELLINGTON (7B9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9254&lon=-72.4571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6193B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6193B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182A (registry code 2072704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182A
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020506010039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. BONADIES WAS THE PRESIDENT OF CONNECTICUT PARACHUTISTS, INC. AND ALSO EXPERIENCED INSTRUCTOR (JUMP MASTER WITH 5000 JUMPS) HAD A FATAL INCIDENT. MR. BONADIES AND MR. JIM OLKO, BOTH JUMP MASTERS, AND STUDENT MISS CYTHIA HYLAND DEPARTED THE AIRPLANE AT 12000'. MISS HYLAND WAS ON HER 5TH SOLO JUMP AND WAS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE JUMP MASTERS. HER PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR WAS MR. BONADIES. ALL THREE DEPARTED THE PLANE AT THE SAME TIME AND THE INSTRUCTORS PHYSICALLY HELD ON TO HER. SHE LOST CONTROL A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THE INSTRUCTORS STABILIZED HER. AT ABOUT 5000' TO 3000' MR. OLKO STARTED TO LOSE CONTROL AND HE RELEASED MISS HYLAND AND DEPLOYED HIS MAIN PARACHUTE. MR. BONADIES REMAINED WITH MISS HYLAND BECAUSE SHE WAS STILL UNSTABLE. AT APPROXIMATELY 700' MISS HYLAND'S MAIN AND RESERVE PARACHUTE DEPLOYED. MR. BONADIES NEVER DEPLOYED AND HE IMPACTED THE GROUND. MR. BONADIES RESERVE PARACHUTE WAS A PRECISION AERODYNAMICS WAS INSPECTED AT THE SCENE WHERE THERE WERE NO DEFECTS FOUND, AND THE RESERVE WAS INSPECTED AND REPACKED WITHIN THE PREVIOUS 120 DAYS.

## Other reports on N6193B (6)

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

- [Incident 20201107015949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201107015949I), Nov 7, 2020: Cessna 182A (N6193B), Ellington, CT, Minor damage. On 11/7/2020 aircraft departed 7B9 with 4 jumpers to conduct sky diving operations. Upon reaching the correct position 4500 feet above the drop zone the cabin…
- [Accident 20170601011179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170601011179A), Jun 1, 2017: Cessna 182A (N6193B), Ellington, CT, Substantial damage. The pilot obtained a weather briefing using foreflight, which included the reported weather for the bradley international airport (bdl) located approx. 17…
- [Incident 20041204035219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041204035219I), Dec 4, 2004: Cessna 182A (N6193B), Ellington, CT, Minor damage. (-23) On 12-04-2004 a Cessna, C-182 struck a mobile helicopter landing pad while taxiing. The pad stands approximately 10 inches off the ground. The pad had…
- [Incident 19890513024749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890513024749I), May 13, 1989: Cessna 182A (N6193B), Ellington, CT, 1 fatal. Upper chutist in a 2 stack operation hit lower canopy causing it to collapse. Reserve chute dip not fully deploy.
- [Incident 19861019069119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861019069119I), Oct 19, 1986: Cessna 182A (N6193B), Ellington, CT, 2 fatal. Parachutists were fatally injured when the drouge failed to extract. No attempt made to activate it.
- [Incident 19810524040989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810524040989I), May 24, 1981: Cessna 182A (N6193B), Ellington, CT, 1 fatal. Fatal parachute accident, chute malfunction.

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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