# Incident 20081220856379I: Cessna 182A, Lakeland, FL, December 20, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2008, 14:45 local time
- Place: Lakeland, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0395° N, 81.9498° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeland, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3854D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3854D) (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
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 600 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081220856379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE "JUMPER" WAS EXITING THE AIRCRAFT WHEN HIS RESERVE PULL-CABLE CAUGHT ON THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE DOOR-LATCH RECEPTACLE UNKNOWN TO THE JUMPER, SO WHEN THE JUMPER LAUNCHED, HIS RESERVE CHUTE DEPLOYED AND CAUGHT THE RIGHT ELEVATOR AND CAUSING THE ELEVATOR TO PARTIALLY DETACH.  THE PARTIALLY DETACHED ELEVATOR WAS FLAPPING IN FLIGHT AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER.  JUMPER LANDED WITHOUT INJURY AND PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

## Other reports on N3854D (1)

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

- [Accident 19850106000592A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850106000592A), Jan 6, 1985: Cessna 182A (N3854D), Wesley Chapel, FL, Substantial damage. While taxiing, was struck by N94560, which had just landed and swerved off side of runway.

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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