# NTSB ATL85LA150: Cessna 182B, N2688G, Bayou La Batre, AL, April 27, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 27, 1985, 16:44 local (22:44 UTC)
- Place: Bayou La Batre, AL
- Coordinates: 30.400217, -88.250961 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4002&lon=-88.2510&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6786
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA150
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6786/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA150

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, climb - to cruise
  - object - other person (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, climb - to cruise
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

INADVERTANT OPENING OF PARACHUTE IN AIRCRAFT DURING CLIMB TO JUMP ALTITUDE PULLED JUMPER FROM AIRCRAFT. JUMPER STRUCK RIGHT HORIZONTAL TAIL. CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT WAS LOST AND THE PILOT AND THE OTHER THREE JUMPERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, DEPLOYED THEIR CHUTES AND LANDED UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A VERTICAL OR NEAR VERTICAL DIVE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2688G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2688G-2012-09-20), registration cancelled 2012-09-20, S/N 51988, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182B
- Registry model: [Cessna 182B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182b) (registry code 2072706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 51988
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-L 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Other work use, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 25, 1984, 18 hours before
- Departed: 5R7, BAYOU LA BATRE, AL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 366 total, 219 in this make and model, 304 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BFM, 14 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850427016089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850427016089A), Apr 27, 1985: Cessna 182B, Bayou La Batre, AL, Destroyed. Jumpers parachute opened and pulled him out of airplane. Struck stabilizer, pilot lost control and jumped also.

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.

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