# Incident 20131027025789I: Cessna 182D, Derby, KS, October 27, 2013 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 27, 2013, 16:30 local time - Place: Derby, KS - Airport: Cook Airfield - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Other, Specify - 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: N8882X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8882X) (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: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131027025789I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE SKYDIVER HAS APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH 172 JUMPS. AERODYNE SMART 220 #12841 RESERVE PARACHUTE MANUFACTURED 3-1-13 AERODYNE ICON # IN-17-12526 MAIN PARACHUTE MANUFACTURED 1-13 VIGIL MUTIMODE #28191 AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICE MANUFACTURED WEEK 17-2012 RESERVE REPACKED AND INSPECTED BY A CERTIFIED RIGGER 9-2013. THE SKYDIVER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH 3 OTHER SKYDIVERS AT 10,300 FEET. ALL 4 SKYDIVERS PERFORMED FORMATION WORK UNTIL THEY BROKE FORMATION AT 4000 FT. ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. THE SKYDIVER WAS WEARING A WING SUIT WHICH IS USED TO ENHANCE THE SKYDIVER'S GLIDE DISTANCE. THIS SUIT COULD POSSIBLY UPSET THE SKYDIVER'S STABILITY. THE SKYDIVER TRACKED AWAY FROM GROUP AND REACHED FOR THE THROW-OUT PILOT CHUTE TO DEPLOY THE MAIN PARACHUTE AND COULD NOT FIND THE ?HACKY? ATTACHED TO THE PILOT CHUTE. THE SKYDIVER REACHED FOR THE PILOT CHUTE FOR THE SECOND TIME WHICH CAUSED HIM TO ROLL ON TO HIS BACK. THE SKYDIVER ROLLED BACK TO STABLE SKYDIVE POSITION AND STARTED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. HE ARCHED, WHICH IS THE POSITION USED BY SKYDIVERS TO ORIENT THE FRONT OF THEIR TORSO TO THE RELATIVE WIND. HE LOOKED AND WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE HIS RESERVE PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT HANDLE. THE SKYDIVER USED BOTH HANDS AS HE FELT FOR AND LOCATED HIS LEFT HARNESS TO ATTEMPT TO LOCATE THE RESERVE PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT HANDLE WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE LEFT HARNESS WEB. HE MOVED HIS HAND DOWN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM AND WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE HANDLE. THE SKYDIVER THEN ASSUMED THE DELTA POSITION, WHICH IS A FREEFALL POSITION WITH LEGS EXTENDED AND ARMS BACK TO INITIATE A FORWARD DIVE. THE SKYDIVER DID A FRONT FLIP TO ATTEMPT TO ASSUME A STABLE FREEFALL POSITION. JUST AS HE REACHED A STABLE POSITION HIS AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICE (AAD) ACTIVATED DEPLOYING HIS RESERVE PARACHUTE. THE AAD ACTIVATED AT 750 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. AS HE SWUNG UNDER HIS RESERVE CANOPY HE SPOTTED THE GROUND. HE WAS STILL MOVING VERY FAST. HIS RECORDING ALTIMETER RECORDED A SPEED OF 148 MILES PER HOUR JUST PRIOR TO AAD ACTIVATION. THE SKYDIVER THOUGHT HE NEEDED TO ACTIVATE HIS REAR RISERS TO HELP SLOW DOWN HIS VERTICAL SPEED. HE DID NOT THINK HE HAD TIME TO RELEASE THE BRAKES ON THE CANOPY PRIOR TO STRIKING THE GROUND. THE BRAKE HANDLES ARE LOCATED ON THE CANOPY RISERS JUST ABOVE THE SKYDIVER?S HEAD WHEN THE CANOPY IS DEPLOYED. JUST AS HE LOOKED UP TO GRAB THE REAR RISERS HE NOTICED THAT HIS CANOPY WAS NOT FULLY OPENED, POSSIBLY FROM A COMBINATION OF VERTICAL AND FORWARD SPEED FROM NOT BEING IN A STABLE POSITION. WHEN THE SKYDIVER LOOKED BACK DOWN HE WAS STILL MOVING VERY FAST. HE ATTEMPTED TO RELAX JUST PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE GROUND. HE WAS STILL COMING STRAIGHT DOWN FEET FIRST AND UNABLE TO EXECUTE A PROPER PARACHUTE LANDING FALL (PLF) WHICH IS UTILIZED TO HELP MINIMIZE THE CHANCE OF INJURY FROM A HARD LANDING UNDER A PARACHUTE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE SKYDIVER HAD JUST RETURNED TO JUMPING A COUPLE OF WEEKS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT AFTER A SHORT BREAK DUE TO SOME MINOR HEART ISSUES AND SURGERY. THE DATA FROM THE SKYDIVER?S DIGITAL RECORDING ALTIMETER SHOWED THAT ON TWO OF HIS LAST FIVE JUMPS HAD SHOWN AN OPENING ALTITUDE OF 1300 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. NORMAL OPENING ALTITUDE IS APPROXIMATELY 2500 ABOVE THE GROUND. ## Other reports on N8882X (6) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20160327002289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160327002289I), Mar 27, 2016: Cessna 182D (N8882X), Derby, KS, No damage. The skydiver, justin walburn was a student at air capital drop zone. And was performing his second jump. The student was utilizing a telesis student model… - [Incident 20121215028379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121215028379I), Dec 15, 2012: Cessna 182D (N8882X), Derby, KS, No damage. Four skydivers boarded the aircraft at 1335 hours for a routine sport parachute jump. All four skydivers, including the victim, exited the aircraft and… - [Accident 20120728020409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120728020409A), Jul 28, 2012: Cessna 182D (N8882X), Rosehill, KS, Substantial damage. While straight and level at 10,000 feet MSL, the first jumper exited the aircraft and stood on the right hand wheel step preparing to jump. Before the skydiver… - [Incident 20060715013819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060715013819I), Jul 15, 2006: Cessna 182D (N8882X), Derby, KS, Minor damage. (-23) The parachute instructor was supervising a free fall student. The instructor exited the aircraft facing inboard from the step, with both feet on the… - [Incident 20010615023799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010615023799I), Jun 15, 2001: Cessna 182D (N8882X), Derby, KS, 1 fatal. (-23) Skydiver:geoffrey peggs, experience: approx. 300 jumps, advanced license holder, uspa jump master, training: in last 6 months, jump master… - [Incident 19890826047619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890826047619I), Aug 26, 1989: Cessna 182D (N8882X), Lyons, KS, 1 fatal. Parachute jump fatal to jumper. Postion of activation handle indicates no attempt to deploy either parachute. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.