# Incident 20190705009239I: Cessna 182H, Casa Grande, AZ, July 5, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2019, 13:00 local time
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8795° N, 111.7574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casa Grande, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8795&lon=-111.7574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2379X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2379X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182H (registry code 2072718, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182H
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190705009239I

## Narrative

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

TANDEM JUMP ORIGINATING IN CASA GRANDE AT THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, STUDENT SURVIVOR, JUMP MASTER/INSTRUCTOR WAS A FOREIGN NATIONAL. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CASA GRANDE AIRPORT TO DROP ZONE WHERE FIRST TANDEM GROUP DEPARTED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT EVENT, AS THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR BEGAN MANEUVERING TO THE DOOR IN PREPARATION TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT THEY WERE VIOLENTLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY PULLED OUT THE AIRCRAFT BY THE PILOT CHUTE OF THE BACKUP/AUXILIARY CHUTE. THE JUMP INSTRUCTOR IS BELIEVED TO  HAVE BEEN KILLED ON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT BASED ON EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE AND TESTIMONY FROM THE SURVIVOR.

FAA IIC ARE RLR, & DPD.

## Other reports on N2379X (1)

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

- [Incident 20190705021809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190705021809I), Jul 5, 2019: Cessna 182H (N2379X), Minor damage, 1 fatal. Tandem parachute jumps were conducted while flying just north of Casa Grande airport. The flight had two sets of tandem jumpers and their students in 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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