# Incident 20040322003069I: Cessna 182N, Junction City, KS, March 22, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 2004, 14:00 local time
- Place: Junction City, KS
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0272° N, 96.8523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Junction City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0272&lon=-96.8523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N92881, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N92881) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,600 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040322003069I

## Narrative

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

(-23) CESSNA SKYLINE N92881 WAS ENROUTE FROM HOUSTON, TX (IAH) TO MANHATTAN, KS (MHK) WITH 3 PERSONS ON BOARD. WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 2500 FEET AGL, THE PASSENGER SEATED IN THE REAR OF THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY LUNGED FORWARD, OPENED THE DOOR AND JUMPED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE PASSENGER WAS NOT WEARING A PARACHUTE AND DIED FROM HIS INJURIES UPON HITTING THE GROUND. THE PASSENGER HAD DEMONSTRATED ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRENCE. THE LOCAL POLICE ARE LOOKING AT THIS AS A PROBABLE SUICIDE.

## Other reports on N92881 (1)

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

- [Accident 19931026044709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931026044709A), Oct 26, 1993: Cessna 182N (N92881), Onaga, KS, Substantial damage. Tried to land on unlighted airport. Landed off side of runway and struck a dirt berm.

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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