# Incident 20080329833019I: Cessna 182D, Cloverdale, CA, March 29, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2008, 12:00 local time
- Place: Cloverdale, CA
- Airport: Cloverdale Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 38.7763° N, 122.9926° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLOVERDALE MUNI (O60), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7763&lon=-122.9926&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8766X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8766X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,700 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080329833019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE AN INTENTIONAL 14 CFR PART 105.45 TANDEM PARACHUTE JUMP UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SKYDIVE SAN FRANCISCO, A CLOVERDALE CA BASED SKYDIVING SCHOOL AND OPERATOR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ACTING AS A SKYDIVING TANDEM INSTRUCTOR WITH A STUDENT/PASSENGER. FOLLOWING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT EXIT HE EXPERIENCED A MAIN PARACHUTE MALFUNCTION THAT CONSISTED OF TENSION KNOTS IN THE MAIN CANOPY SUSPENSION LINES. THE TENSION KNOTS PREVENTED THE MAIN CANOPY RAM AIR CELLS FROM INFLATING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE MAIN PARACHUTE. THE INSTRUCTOR INITIATED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES BY RELEASING THE MALFUNCTIONING MAIN CANOPY AT 3,500 FEET AGL AND THEN DEPLOYED THE RESERVE CANOPY. THE RESERVE DEPLOYMENT WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE TANDEM INSTRUCTOR AND PASSENGER EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING THAT RESULTED IN THE TANDEM INSTRUCTOR BREAKING HIS LEFT LEG. THE INSTRUCTOR COMMENTED THAT HIS INJURY RESULTED WHEN HE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY MANIPULATING THE RESERVE STEERING CONTROL LINES DURING THE LANDING FLARE AS WELL AS FAILING TO PROPERLY POSITION HIS LEFT LEG DURING LANDING. THE PASSENGER LANDED UNHARMED. PARACHUTE SYSTEM: UNITED PARACHUTE TECHNOLOGIES (UPT) VECTOR II RIG WITH A PERFORMANCE DESIGN RESERVE.

## Other reports on N8766X (3)

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

- [Incident 19941229046769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941229046769I), Dec 29, 1994: Cessna 182D (N8766X), Lodi, CA, 1 fatal. Failed to open main or reserve chute. Only discrepancy main chute ring stowed in its poutch pocket.
- [Incident 19940419014719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940419014719I), Apr 19, 1994: Cessna 180D (N8766X), Lodi, CA, 1 fatal. After jumping from aircraft it appears chutist made no attempt to deploy main or auxiliary chute. Fatal injuries.
- [Incident 19900826056219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900826056219I), Aug 26, 1990: Cessna 182D (N8766X), Lodi, CA, 1 fatal. Jumper experienced cell closure upon opening chute. Entered a spin. Reserved deployed while main chute was attached.

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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