# Incident 20030914032659I: Cessna 182A, Ovid, NY, September 14, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2003, 08:00 local time
- Place: Ovid, NY
- Airport: Ovis Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 42.6756° N, 76.8229° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ovid, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6756&lon=-76.8229&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9907B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9907B) (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/20030914032659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2003, DURING SKYDIVING ACTIVITIES FROM OVID AIRPORT, OVID NY, A FATAL SKYDIVING INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE JUMPER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT FROM 4000' WITHOUT INCIDENT. IT APPEARS THE JUMPER MISJUDGED "SWOOP LANDING" AND IMPACTED THE GROUND AT HIGH SPEED RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INVOLVED. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N9907B (3)

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

- [Accident 20170423008509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170423008509A), Apr 23, 2017: Cessna 182A (N9907B), Ovid, NY, Substantial damage. On 4/23/2017 Cessna 182A N9907B Sn: 34307, suffered engine failure / loss of power, and landed short of the runway at Ovid Airport (D82) at 1250 EDT. Aircraft…
- [Incident 19870516036829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870516036829I), May 16, 1987: Cessna 182A (N9907B), Ovid, NY, 1 fatal. The student parachutist impacted the ground. The main canopy cut away for unknown reasons. Reserve opened late.
- [Incident 19830731044029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830731044029I), Jul 31, 1983: Cessna 182 (N9907B), Elmire, NY, 1 fatal. Jumper killed when main chute deployed but was spinning. Reserved chute deployed. Unable to inflate his reserve.

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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