# Incident 20160713016339I: Cessna 182B, Grand Island, NY, July 13, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2016, 19:55 local time
- Place: Grand Island, NY
- Airport: Mesmer
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 42.9928° N, 78.9864° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MESMER (NY49), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9928&lon=-78.9864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7156E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7156E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182B (registry code 2072706, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160713016339I

## Narrative

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

INVESTIGATION AND WITNESS REPORTS REVEALED THAT AIRCRAFT N7156E TOOK OFF FROM AIRPORT NY49 WITH FOUR (4) PARACHUTE JUMPERS ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 2000 FEET AND LET A WIND STREAMER OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CLIMBED TO 4500 FEET WHERE THE FIRST JUMPER JUMPED OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWED 30 SECONDS LATER BY THE SECOND JUMPER. THE FIRST JUMPER LANDED ON THE GRASS RUNWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE SECOND JUMPER DESCENDED WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE A FULLY DEPLOYED PARACHUTE, HAD TROUBLE MANEUVERING TO A DESIRABLE LANDING AREA, DID NOT DECELERATE BEFORE TOUCHDOWN AND LANDED HARD ON THE GROUND. AFTER LANDING ON THE GROUND, THE SECOND JUMPER BOUNCED INTO AND ON TOP OF THE WING OF A STATIONARY AIRPLANE. SUBSEQUENT JUMPS WERE CANCELLED. THE AIRPLANE DID NOT LAND BACK TO THE GRASS STRIP.

NAME OF JUMPER: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

THE FIRST JUMPER OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT STATED THAT THE INJURED JUMPER HAD OVER 1000 JUMPS. HE ALSO HAD A LEVEL "D" LICENSE.

CLUB AFFILIATION: FRONTIER SKYDIVING.

TYPE OF PARACHUTE: MODEL; STILETTO 107 P/N:107 SF2, S/N; ST 107 066 40, JUN 97.

PACKING RECORD OF RESERVE CHUTE: DATED 4/28/16. CERTIFICATE NUMBER OF RIGGER IS: 2755235.

## Other reports on N7156E (1)

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

- [Incident 19880520046679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880520046679I), May 20, 1988: Cessna 182B (N7156E), Osprey, FL, Minor damage. Accidently turned both magnetos off during check. Engine backfired blowing off intake hose. Forced landing in field

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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