# Incident 20220915016639I: Cessna 182D, Crete, NE, September 15, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2022, 16:00 local time
- Place: Crete, NE
- Airport: Crete Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 40.6184° N, 96.9257° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CRETE MUNI (CEK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6184&lon=-96.9257&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8918X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8918X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182D (registry code 2072710, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 728 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220915016639I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), AN INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT SKYDIVING IN TANDEM IMPACTED THE TERRAIN DURING LANDING AT THE CRETE MUNICIPLE AIRPORT (KCEK) CRETE, NE.

WEATHER AT THE LINCOLN AIRPORT (KLNK), LINCOLN, NE. APPROXIMATELY 17 MILES AWAY REPORTED VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES CLEAR, WINDS 180/19KTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 28KTS.

VIDEO OBTAINED FROM THE CRETE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AIRPORT MANAGER SHOW THE SKYDIVERS DESCENDING APPROXIAMTELY TO THE NORTHWEST AND THEN MAKING A 180 DEGREE TURN JUST PRIOR TO LANDING FACING SOUTHEAST.

THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT CAME TO A FINAL REST IN A GRASS FIELD JUST SOUTH OF THE MAIN RAMP AREA. CRETE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTS BOTH SKYDIVERS WERE RECEIVING CPR ON SCENE AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE INSTRUCTOR SUSTAINED CRITICAL INJURIES AND THE STUDENT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

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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