# Incident 20140809015149I: Cessna 182, Ottawa, KS, August 9, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2014, 18:15 local time
- Place: Ottawa, KS
- Airport: Ottawa Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 38.5392° N, 95.2532° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OTTAWA MUNI (OWI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5392&lon=-95.2532&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3353B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3353B-2018-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182 (registry code 2072702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470R (registry code 17071, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O 470R
- 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/20140809015149I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1815 HOURS LOCAL MR. BRAD GIFFIN, LATER DECEASED, ALONG WITH 2 OTHER SKYDIVERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE FIRST 2 SKYDIVERS TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT WERE A UNITED STATES PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION (USPA) LICENSED TANDEM SKYDIVER WITH A STUDENT ATTACHED.  THE NEXT 2 SKYDIVERS WERE ANOTHER USPA LICENSED SKYDIVER AND MR. GIFFIN EXITED THE AIRCRAFT TOGETHER AND STABILIZED IN FREEFALL.  MR. GIFFIN MADE 2 ATTEMPTS TO LINK UP WITH THE OTHER SKYDIVER AND SUCCEDED ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT.  AT THAT POINT THE 2 SKYDIVERS SEPARATED AND TRACKED AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.  JUST PRIOR TO THE 2 SKYDIVERS LINKING UP IT WAS NOTED FROM A VIDEO FROM MR. GIFFIN'S HELMET CAMERA THAT THEIR ALTITUDE AS VIEWED WAS 3100 FT. ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL).  AT THIS POINT MR. GIFFIN IS SEEN IN THE VIDEO TOUCHING HANDS WITH THE OTHER SKYDIVER AND THEN TRACKING AWAY.  MR. GIFFIN THEN ATTEMPTS TO DEPLOY HIS MAIN PARACHUTE AND IS UNSUCESSFUL.   JUST BEFORE IMPACT WITH THE GROUND MR. GIFFIN IS SEEN PULLING THE RESERVE DEPLOYMENT HANDLE ON HIS PARACHUTE.  THE RESERVE PARACHUTE DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO DEPLOY PRIOR TO MR. GIFFIN IMPACTING THE GROUND.  THE RESULTING IMPACT WAS FATAL TO MR. GIFFIN.

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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