# Incident 20031101032499I: Cessna 182, Little Rock, AR, November 1, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 2003, 17:20 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5555B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5555B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 10 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031101032499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 1, 2003, AT APPROXIMATELY 1720 CST, CESSNA CE-182, N5555B, WHILE PERFORMING SKYDIVING OPERATIONS, DROPPED JUMPERS FROM 10,000 FEET CONTRARY TO ATC INSTRUCTIONS. LIT ATC PREVIOUSLY INSTRUCTED THE COMMERCIAL PILOT TO DELAY RELEASE OF THE JUMPERS. DURING AN INTERVIEW THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE WAS AWARE OF THE ATC INSTRUCTION TO DELAY THE DROP AND ACKNOWLEDGED HER ERROR. HOWEVER, SHE BELIEVED THAT CONFLICTING INSTRUCTIONS TO SIMPLY NOTIFY ATC WHEN THE JUMPERS WERE AWAY HAD ALSO BEEN ISSUED. A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH LIT ATC, CONFIRMED THE PILOT'S STATEMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGIN CONFLICTING INSTRUCTIONS. ATC AFFIRMED THAT THE LAST INSTRUCTION WAS TO DELAY THE DROP OF THE JUMPERS. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT (AFTER THE TWO SKYDIVERS JUMPED) AND DID NOT RECEIVE ANY INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE IS REGISTERED TO CARL COUNTS OF HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. DAY VMC PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE CABBAGE PATCH (A PRIVATE STRIP) AIRFIELD IN THE LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

## Other reports on N5555B (1)

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

- [Incident 19830522032179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830522032179I), May 22, 1983: Cessna 182 (N5555B), Anderson, IN. Jumper killed when another jumper misjudged his speed. Struck other jumpers in star formation. Rip cord not pulled.

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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