# Accident 20160917012359A: Cessna 182P, Gilbert, AZ, September 17, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2016, 19:18 local time
- Place: Gilbert, AZ
- Airport: Chandler Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3247° N, 111.7803° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3247&lon=-111.7803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N20844, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N20844-2018-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16FA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16FA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160917012359A

## Narrative

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

ON SATURDAY 9/17 AT ABOUT 1900,  A CESSNA 182P N20844 JUMP PLANE DEPARTED VFR FROM CHANDLER (CHD) AIRPORT AND CLIMBED TO ABOUT 5300 FEET WHILE MAKING RIGHT 360 TURNS AND LEVELED OFF AND HELD POSITION 6 MILES WEST OF GATEWAY AIRPORT FOR THEIR QUEUE TO PERFORM AS AN AIR SPECTATOR EVENT FOR THE CITY OF GILBERT.  THEY WERE OPERATING UNDER AN EVENT WAIVER FROM SDL FSDO.  WHEN GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO PROCEED FROM HOLDING THEY CONTINUED TO THE EVENT SITE TO PREPARE FOR THEIR JUMP AS PLANNED VIA CONTACT WITH PHX APPROACH (APR).  AT 02:15:54Z N20844 WAS CIRCLE OVER STATION.  AT 02:16:48Z CALLED READY TO JUMP BY ADVISING PHZ APPROACH.  02:17:28Z N20844 CALLED PHX APR TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, PILOT STATED, ?N20844, I ?M HAVING AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. FIRE ON THE WINGS! FIRE IN THE AIRPLANE!?  PHX APR RESPONDED BY, ?ROGER, DID YOU WANT TO GO TO CHANDLER?? THE MIC THEN KEYED WITH NO RESPONSE. 02:17:46Z PHX APR ASKED N20844 AGAIN IF THEY WANTED GATEWAY (IWA) OR CHANDLER (CHD) AIRPORT. 02:18:08Z SOUTHWEST 1558 STATED TO PHX APR THE N20844 WENT DOWN.  FROM WHAT WAS GATHERED FROM THE EVIDENCE AND ON SCENE INVESTIGATION, N20844 CRASHED INTO A PRIVATE RESIDENCE.  THE PILOT AND 4 PARACHUTISTS JUMPED OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRE STARTED ON THE LEFT WING DUE TO PYROTECHNICS.

## 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 WPR16FA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16FA183), Sep 18, 2016: Cessna 182P (N20844), Gilbert, AZ, destroyed. Probable cause: An inadvertent explosion of pyrotechnics, which were contained in a box that had been installed on the airplane's left main landing gear assembly spring leg which resulted in shrapnel striking the…

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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