# Incident 20101009048229I: Cessna 182C, Vandalia, IL, October 9, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2010, 18:02 local time
- Place: Vandalia, IL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9746° N, 89.1107° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vandalia, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9746&lon=-89.1107&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8560T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8560T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182C (registry code 2072708, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101009048229I

## Narrative

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

FOR UNKNOWN REASONS THE STUDENT PARACHUTE JUMPERS' MAIN CHUTE DEPLOYED TOO LOW (APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND) DURING A FREE FALL JUMP AND THE JUMPER IMPACTED THE GROUND AT AN ECESSIVE RATE.  IMPACT FORCES WITH THE GROUND DEPLOYED THE RESERVE CHUTE.THE PARACHUTE RIG WAS EQUIPPED A CYPRES DEVICE.  DURING INITIAL INSPECTION OF THE PARACHUTE RIG IT WAS NOTED THAT THE RESERVE CHUTE DEPLOYMENT LOOP WAS NOT ROUTED THROUGH THE CYPRES DEVICE CUTTER.  IT WAS ALSO NOTED THE CYPRESS CUTTER HAD EXTENDED THROUGH THE OPEN HOLE IN THE CUTTER (THE CYPRES HAD FIRED).THE CYPRESS DEVICE WAS REMOVED FROM THE PARACHUTE RIG AND SENT TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR ANALYSIS.  ANLYSIS REVEALED THAT THE CYPRES DEVICE ACTIVATED AT APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, HOWEVER, NO DECELERATION WAS NOTED AFTER ACTIVTION.

## Other reports on N8560T (1)

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

- [Incident 19861122073009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861122073009I), Nov 22, 1986: Cessna 182C (N8560T), Sparta, IL, 1 fatal. Skydiver fatality after main chute became entangled with parachute of small handmade doll.

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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