# Incident 20120401009109I: Cessna 182D, Lexington, TX, April 1, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 2012, 17:00 local time
- Place: Lexington, TX
- Airport: Lexington
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 30.4125° N, 96.9667° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEXINGTON AIRFIELD (TE75), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4125&lon=-96.9667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9048X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9048X) (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
- 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/20120401009109I

## Narrative

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

04/01/2012JUMP COACH: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PARACHUTIST: (SNM)^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^EXPERIENCE: STUDENTCLUB AFFILIATION: LIMITEDCHUTES & EQUIPMENT: MAIN CANOPY-PERFORMANCE DESIGNS 9-CELL PD-260, S/N UNK, DOM UNKHARNESS-RIGGING INNOVATIONS, TELESIS DUAL, S/N 3716 DOM 7/90RESERVE CANOPY-GLIDEPATH, SHARPCUTTER, S/N SC-043A AAD RE-50623 S/N 09730 MODEL E/1/F DOM 1/90HARNESS-SUNPATH SJ-7 S/N 3076 DOM 5/92AAD-AIRTECH, CYPRES 2, RE-50623 S/N 09730 MODEL E/1/F DOM 7/04OTHER EQUIPMENT: HARNESS RADIO FOR COMMUNICATION, WRIST AND CHEST ALTIMETERSATC INVOLVEMENT: COMMUNICATION WITH AIRCRAFT WAS NORMAL, NO EMERGENCY DECLARED.SUBJECT NAMED MAN (SNM)/PARACHUTIST EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 11,000 FT WITH A JUMP COACH. SNM APPEARED TO BE FLOUDERING AND AT APPROXIMATELY 7,000 FT THE COACH PULLED THE DEPLOYMENT-RING, OUT OF CONCERN FOR THE SNM SAFETY. DURING DEPLOYMENT THE DROGUE CHUTE AND LANYARD BECAME WRAPPED OR ENTANGLED AROUND ONE END OF THE MAIN CANOPY. THIS CAUSED THE SNM CONDITION TO BEGIN TO SPIN. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THIS CONDITION CONTINUED TO APPROXIMATELY 100 FT WHEN THE SNM CUT AWAY FROM THE MAIN CANOPY AND DEPLOYED THE RESERVE CANOPY. THE SNM IMPACTED THE EARTH BEFORE A COMPLETE DEPLOYMENT OF THE RESERVE CANOPY COULD TAKE PLACE.

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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