# NTSB CHI89LA012: Cessna 182, N4717D, Sparta, IL, October 9, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 9, 1988, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Sparta, IL
- Location: 38.1395° N, 89.7306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sparta, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1395&lon=-89.7306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14301
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI89LA012
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14301/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA012

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, cruise
  - horizontal stabilizer surface - bent
  - emergency equipment - inadvertent activation, passenger (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4717D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4717D-1992-06-02), registration cancelled 1992-06-02, S/N 34817 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182a) (registry code 2072704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34817
- Airframe hours: 2179
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881009046459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881009046459A), Oct 9, 1988: Cessna 182A, Sparta, IL, Substantial damage. Jumpers chute caught on doorway . Chute opened and jumper was pulled out striking horizontal stabilizer.

## Other investigations on N4717D (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI89DEV05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89DEV05), Feb 25, 1989: Cessna 182A (N4717D), Sparta, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: POOR AND IMPROPER MAINTENANCE WHICH RESULTED IN THE CARBURETOR VENTURI BEING BLOCKED BY THE DUCT TAPE. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE SOFT TERRAIN ON WHICH THE FORCED LANDING WAS MADE.

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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