# Accident 20131102020882A: Cessna 182L, 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: Destroyed
- 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: N70520, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70520-2018-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182L (registry code 2072726, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 420 total, 120 in this make and model, 45 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/20131102020882A

## 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 AICRAFT WAS THE LEAD 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 TRAILING AIRCRAFT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THIS AIRCRAFT FROM BEHIND AND ABOVE BEFORE THE JUMPERS LEFT THE STEP.  THE LEFT WING OF THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT SUCCESS.  THE PILOT THEN EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.  ALL OF THE JUMPERS AND THE PILOT WERE ABLE TO DEPLOY THEIR PARACHUTES AND LAND SAFELY.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED UPON IMPACT WITH THE GROUND NEAR THE AIRPORT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N94059, Cessna A185F: [Accident 20131102020872A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131102020872A)

## 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 182L (N70520), Superior, WI, destroyed. 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 N70520 (1)

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

- [Incident 20001001031749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001001031749I), Oct 1, 2000: Cessna 182L (N70520), Superior, WI, 1 fatal. (-23)Two skydivers, [privacy data omitted] jumped from N70520. According to [privacy data omitted], they collided immediately after deploying their main…

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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