- Date
- July 11, 1991, 07:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Wailua, HI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9022TCessna 182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910711027059A
- Case key
- 27286
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Probable cause
The accidental deployment of jumpers reserve parachute inside the airplane.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flight was in level cruise and 3 of the 4 jumpers were positioned on the step ready to jump. The reserve chute on one of the jumpers accidently deployed and was sucked forward and over the right wing leading edge. The jumper was pulled forward and over the wing, and in the process, hit his head on the wing leading edge and substantially damaged the internal wing structure. As the jumper's chute deployed over the wing, the aircraft was rolled inverted. The other jumpers jumped and parachuted to the ground safely. The pilot regained control of the aircraft. The parachutists whose reserve chute deployed was found fatally injured. The parachute involved in the accident was examined by a master parachute rigger under the supervision of FAA airworthiness inspectors. According to the rigger's report, the automatic opening device for the reserve parachute was found activated, however, no determination could be made about when the device triggered. No other anomaly in the parachute system was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9022T
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 52922
- Engine
- Continental O-470L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Skydiving · Part 91
- Operator
- Skydive Hawaii
- Registered owner
- Skydive Hawaii
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 753 total · 118 in this make and model · 118 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 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.