ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294847
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 June 2004 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 182H Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Skydive Sw Florida |
| Registration: | N8304S |
| MSN: | 18256404 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | La Belle, Florida -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | La Belle, FL (FD20) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that while the first parachutist was climbing out on the airplanes strut, her pilot chute got caught on a safety belt resulting in the inadvertent deployment of her main parachute, which streamed back over the right horizontal stabilizer. The parachutist went under as the main parachute went over the top of the stabilizer. The parachute lines damaged the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator. The parachutist cut the parachute line releasing her and the chute from the airplane. The incident parachutist landed uneventfully with her reserve parachute. The pilot made a normal landing at the departure airport after a slow descent from 10,000 feet.
Probable Cause: The inadvertent deployment of the main parachute resulting in damage to the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA04CA095
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 December 2005 | N8304S | Fayard Enterprises Inc. | 0 | Haines City, Florida | |
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| Fuel exhaustion | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Oct-2022 12:26 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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