ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 290032
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| Date: | Friday 17 May 2013 |
| Time: | 14:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182D Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | 516-skydive |
| Registration: | N8775X |
| MSN: | 18253175 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-470 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | East Moriches, New York -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | East Moriches, NY (49N) |
| East Moriches, NY (49N) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
**This report was modified on 1/8/1014. Please see the public docket for this accident to view the original report.**
According to the pilot, he leveled the airplane at 8,500 feet for a tandem skydive. When the instructor exited the airplane, the nose pitched up, then the airplane pitched over into a right, descending turn. The pilot assessed the situation and determined that the right horizontal stabilizer was bent. He later determined that the instructor's drogue chute became trapped under the flap handle, resulting in a premature deployment of the parachute. The drogue chute then caught the horizontal stabilizer, resulting in a 45-degree downward bend. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The inadvertent deployment of the skydiving instructor's drogue chute when he exited the airplane, resulting in it contacting and damaging the horizontal stabilizer.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA13CA247
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 May 2023 | N8775X | Just Jump Skydiving LLC | 1 | near Plymouth, NY | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 06-Oct-2022 07:20 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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