# Accident 20040608033239A: Cessna 182H, Labelle, FL, June 8, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2004, 10:30 local time
- Place: Labelle, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.8003° N, 81.4850° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8003&lon=-81.4850&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8304S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8304S-2018-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 600 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04CA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040608033239A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 8, 2004 AT 1030, A CESSNA 182H, N8304S, REGISTERED TO FAYARD ENTERPRISES, INC., OPERATED BY SKYDIVE SW FLORIDA, INCURRED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR FROM AN INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED SKYDIVERS PARACHUTE, NEAR LABELLE, FLORIDA. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE THE FIRST PARACHUTIST WAS CLIMBING OUT ON THE AIRPLANES STRUT, HER PILOT CHUTE GOT CAUGHT ON A SAFETY BELT RESULTING IN THE DEPLOYMENT OF HER MAIN PARACHUTE WHICH STREAMED BACK OVER THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR. THE PARACHUTIST WENT UNDER AS THE MAIN PARACHUTE WENT OVER THE TOP OF THE STABILIZER. THE PARACHUTIST CUT THE PARACHUTE LINES RELEASING HER AND THE CHUTE FROM THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT TOLD THE OTHER TWO PARACHUTISTS TO LEAVE THE AIRPLANE AND HE NOTIFIED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OF HIS SITUATION. THE INCIDENT PARACHUTIST LANDED UNEVENTFULLY WITH HER RESERVE PARACHUTE. THE PILOT MADE A NORMAL LANDING AT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT AFTER A SLOW DESCENT FROM 10,000 FEET.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA04CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04CA095), Jun 8, 2004: Cessna 182H (N8304S), La Belle, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent deployment of the main parachute resulting in damage to the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator.

## Other reports on N8304S (3)

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

- [Accident 20051224031669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051224031669A), Dec 24, 2005: Cessna 182H (N8304S), Haines City, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot enroute to lake wales, Florida from raeford, north carolina VFR. Topped aircraft off at raeford, north carolina with 45 gallons of fuel prior to…
- [Incident 19950618016969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950618016969I), Jun 18, 1995: Cessna 182H (N8304S), Detail, NM, Minor damage. Narrative: on 6/15/95 at 11:02 MDT, a Cessna 182H, registered to james b. hall, POB 470, datil, NM, struck a prairie dog burrow while landing at the owner's…
- [Accident 19790701014799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790701014799A), Jul 1, 1979: Cessna 182 (N8304S), Roswell, NM, Substantial damage. Student plt made hard landing, bounced applied power then closed throttle nost high stalled, hit ground.

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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