# Accident 20131102020872A: Cessna A185F, Superior, WI, November 2, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2013, 17:39 local time
- Place: Superior, WI
- Airport: Richard I Bong
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6897° N, 92.0947° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6897&lon=-92.0947&mi=10
- Aircraft: N94059, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N94059) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 530 total, 50 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131102020872A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WERE FLYING IN FORMATION CONDUCTING PARACHUTE OPERATIONS.  THIS AIRCRAFT WAS THE TRAILING AIRCRAFT.  AFTER REACHING JUMP ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 12,000 AGL, THE DOOR OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPENED AND THE JUMPERS EXITED ONTO THE STEP PREPARING TO JUMP.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN LOST ALTITUDE AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE LEAD PLANE WITH THE JUMPERS STILL ON STEP.  ALL OF THE JUMPERS IN THIS AIRCRAFT WERE ABLE TO SAFELY JUMP AND THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT SUW.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N70520, Cessna 182L: [Accident 20131102020882A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131102020882A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN14LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA036), Nov 2, 2013: Cessna 185F (N94059), Superior, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot who was flying the trail airplane to maintain separation from the lead airplane. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate pilot training for formation skydiving…

## Other reports on N94059 (3)

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

- [Incident 19970412011599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970412011599I), Apr 12, 1997: Cessna A185F (N94059), Superior, WI, 1 fatal. Narrative: skydiver robert wesley young exited the aircraft at 11,000 ft. MSL and joined in a 3-WAY jump and at 3,000 ft. MSL the group separated. Mr. Young…
- [Incident 19881103069919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881103069919I), Nov 3, 1988: Cessna A185F (N94059), Superior, WI, 1 fatal. Student chutist entered spin. Jump master unable to grasp him. Impacted fatally. Main chute partly deployed.
- [Incident 19880921058069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880921058069I), Sep 21, 1988: Cessna 185F (N94059), Superior, WI, Minor damage. Engine failed after takeoff. Returned. Landed short of grass runway. Struck runway marker. Fuel selector problem.

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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