# Incident 20061022020889I: Cessna 182A, Port Orchard, WA, October 22, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2006, 14:23 local time
- Place: Port Orchard, WA
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 47.5373° N, 122.6331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Orchard, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5373&lon=-122.6331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4096D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4096D) (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: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061022020889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SKYDIVER WAS EXECUTING HIS INTIAL STATIC LINE JUMP. SKYDIVER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AT AN ALTITUDE OF 3000 FEET BACKWARDS AND ROLLED WHICH PUT HIM IN A HEAD DOWN ATTITUDE. THE SKYDIVER SOON REACHED THE END OF THE STATIC LINE WHICH DEPLOYED THE MAIN CHUTE, WHICH RESULTED IN ONE OF THE PARACHUTE GUIDE LINES WRAPPING AROUND HIS NECK. THE SKYDIVER SOON WENT UNCONSCIOUS AND WAS UNABLE TO RESPOND TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE GROUND. THE SKYDIVER DESCENDED IN A SLOW SPIN UNTIL HE CONTACTED THE GROUND FACE FIRST. THE GUIDE LINE WAS CUT FROM THE SKYDIVER'S NECK AND HE BEGAN BREATHING ON HIS OWN. THE SKYDIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO MADIGAN HOSPITAL IN TACOMA, WA AND WAS LATER RELEASED THAT EVENING. THE SKYDIVER ONLY SUSTAINED A LUMP ON THE HEAD AND SOME MINOR SCRATCHES.

## Other reports on N4096D (1)

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

- [Incident 20000804029479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000804029479I), Aug 4, 2000: Cessna 182A (N4096D), Shelton, WA. (-23)[privacy data omitted], skydiver, exited N4096D, the parachute deployed and functioned normally. [privacy data omitted] Was doing hook turns and failed to…

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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