# NTSB CHI83LA004: Cessna 182, N5445B, Shenandoah, OH, October 3, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 3, 1982, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Shenandoah, OH
- Coordinates: 41.030429, -82.510208 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0304&lon=-82.5102&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 3, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72611
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA004
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72611/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA004

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, cruise - normal
  - miscellaneous - premature, passenger (cause)
  - horizontal stabilizer surface - bent (cause)
  - flight control,rudder - jammed (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - not possible, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - failure,total
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

JUMPER'S PARACHUTE OPEN PREMATURELY PULLING JUMPER INTO TAIL SECTION BENDING HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WHICH IN TURN JAMMED THE RUDDER. PLT COULD NOT FLARE ACFT DURING SUBSEQUENT LANDING COLLAPSING THE MAIN GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5445B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5445B), registered now, S/N 33445, 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: Q3445
- Airframe hours: 4212
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470L 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Ken Jones
- Registered owner: Ken Jones
- Departed: 42D, SHENANDOAH, OH
- Destination: 42D, SHENANDOAH, OH
- Airport: 42D, Telstar, runway 9, 3,000 × 60 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 3,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 3,000 as pilot in command, 60 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 158 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19821003050339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821003050339A), Oct 3, 1982: Cessna 182, Shenandoah, OH, Substantial damage. Parachute jumper hit horizontal stabilizer when exiting aircraft resulting in jammed rudder and elevator.

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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