- Date
- October 9, 1988, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sparta, IL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4717DCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881009046459A
- Case key
- 14301
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight collision with object
Horizontal stabilizer surface - bent
Emergency equipment - inadvertent activationCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4717D
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34817
- Airframe hours
- 2,179
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Archway Skydiving
- Registered owner
- William T Mcblair
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 10, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- SAR · Sparta, IL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 564 total · 225 in this make and model · 350 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4717D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.