# Incident 20110913021439I: Cessna 182, Rose Hill, KS, September 13, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2011, 11:07 local time
- Place: Rose Hill, KS
- Airport: Cook Airfield
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 37.5654° N, 97.1746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COOK AIRFIELD (K50), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5654&lon=-97.1746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5423B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5423B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110913021439I

## Narrative

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

THE VICTIM EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AT 10, 000 FT ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL), ALONG WITH ANOTHER SKYDIVER.  BOTH SKYDIVERS WERE IN FREE FALL UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 4,000 FEET AGL, WHERE THEY TRACKED APART FOR SEPARATION.  THE VICTIM DEPLOYED HIS MAIN PARACHUTE AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER DEPLOYMENT STARTED TO SPIN.  THE VICTIM'S SUSPENSION LINES WERE TWISTED APPROXIMATELY 3 OR 4 TURNS.  THE VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO UNTWIST THE LINES BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.  THE VICTIM DID NOT APPEAR TO JETTISON THE MAIN PARACHUTE PRIOR TO DEPLOYING THE RESERVE PARACHUTE.  EXAMINATION OF THE MAIN CANOPY RELEASE SYSTEM APPEARED TO OPERATE PROPERLY, WHEN THE PARACHUTE WAS EXAMINED AFTER THE ACCIDENT, AND THE CANOPY RELEASE WAS STILL STOWED ON THE RIGHT HARNESS, AS IT NORMALLY WOULD BE. THE VICTIM DEPLOYED HIS RESERVE PARACHUTE AT APPROXIMATELY 800 FEET AGL.  DUE TO THE MAIN PARACHUTE BEING DEPLOYED, THE RESERVE PARACHUTE PULLED FREE OF THE PACK, THE PILOT CHUTE DEPLOYED AND PULLED THE FREE BAG OUT OF THE PACK, BUT DID NOT UN-STOW ALL OF THE LINES OR FULLY DEPLOY THE RESERVE PARACHUTE.  THE VICTIM STRUCK THE GROUND, CAUSING FATAL INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT ITSELF WAS NOT RELATED TO THE INCIDENT.

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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