# Incident 20060527023189I: Cessna 182B, Louisa, VA, May 27, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2006, 11:00 local time
- Place: Louisa, VA
- Airport: Louisa County/Freeman Field Ap
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 38.0098° N, 77.9701° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOUISA COUNTY/FREEMAN FLD (LKU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0098&lon=-77.9701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7105E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7105E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060527023189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NAME OF SPORT JUMPER: ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ EXPERIENCE/TRAINING: HIGHLY EXPERIENCED; REPORTED TO HAVE OVER 3,000 CIVILIAN SPORT JUMPS AND ALSO A FORMER MILITARY JUMPER. CLUB AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF USPA (SAFETY AND TRAINING ADVISOR) DESCRIPTION OF PARACHUTE PACKING RECORDS: A RAM AIR, RECTANGULAR TYPE, MANUFACTURED BY ICARUS CANOPIES, MODEL: CROSSFIRE 2, SERIAL NUMBER: 96314319. RESERVE CHUTE PACKED 05/15/06, IDENTIFIED BY SEAL SYMBOL SDG, ^PRIVACY DATA OMIT^ WITNESS OBSERVED ^PRIVACY DATA^ HAVING A NORMAL DEPLOYMENT OF THE MAIN CANOPY. HOWEVER, UPON APPROACH TO LANDING, HE INITIATED A LOW ALTITUDE TURN WHICH HE REPORTEDLY HAD INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE TO RECOVER FROM TO ALLOW HIMSELF TO SLOW HIS AIRSPEED. ^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS REPORTED TO HAVE HIT THE GROUND (ASPHALT RUNWAY) WHILE IN THE TURN, IMPACTING WITH THE UPPER TORSO FIRST.

## Other reports on N7105E (1)

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

- [Incident 19910119004289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910119004289I), Jan 19, 1991: Cessna 182B (N7105E), Somerville, VA, 1 fatal. Jumper had problem deploying pilot chute. Began tumbling. Chute never deployed. Chute not defective.

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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