# NTSB CHI06CA028: Cessna 182, N5784B, Butler, MO, November 6, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 6, 2005, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Butler, MO
- Coordinates: 38.293888, -94.339996
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2939&lon=-94.3400&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62851
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI06CA028
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62851/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06CA028

## Probable cause

The damage to the horizontal stabilizer was a result of the inadvertent deployment of the skydiver's reserve parachute.

## Sequence of events

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

- Miscellaneous/other, cruise
  - miscellaneous - inadvertent activation, other person (cause)
  - flight control,stabilator - bent (cause)
- Forced landing, emergency descent/landing
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

The Cessna 182, operating as a platform for skydiving operations, sustained substantial damage during a skydiving flight.  The commercial pilot reported a skydiver's reserve parachute accidentally deployed while the skydiver was getting established on the step before jumping from the airplane.  The reserve parachute became entangled around the airplane's right horizontal stabilizer and bent the outboard section of the stabilizer and elevator downward.  The skydiver was able to get the chute released from the airplane, and when he landed he received serious injuries.  The pilot instructed the other skydivers on board the airplane to jump out of the airplane, and they landed safely.  The pilot landed the airplane without further incident.

## Factual narrative

The Cessna 182, operating as a platform for skydiving operations, sustained substantial damage during a skydiving flight.  The commercial pilot reported a skydiver's reserve parachute accidentally deployed while the skydiver was getting established on the step before jumping from the airplane.  The reserve parachute became entangled around the airplane's right horizontal stabilizer and bent the outboard section of the stabilizer and elevator downward.  The skydiver was able to get the chute released from the airplane, and when he landed he received serious injuries.  The pilot instructed the other skydivers on board the airplane to jump out of the airplane, and they landed safely.  The pilot landed the airplane without further incident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5784B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5784B), registered now, S/N 33784, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33784
- Engines: Continental O-470-L reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Skydiving, Part 91
- Registered owner: J.R. Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: BUM, Butler, MO
- Airport: BUM, Butler Memorial sssssssAirport

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; flight hours: 861 total, 140 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 20051106027939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051106027939A), Nov 6, 2005: Cessna 182, Bulter, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) As the first jumper was getting positioned to exit the airplane, his emergency parachute deployed, draping its lines over the right horizontal…

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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