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Cessna 182A N5015D

10 November 1991 · Bowling Green, Missouri, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 10 November 1991 at about 20:10 local time, a Cessna 182A registered N5015D, operated by Skydive St. Louis, Inc., was involved in an accident near Bowling Green, Missouri, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 20:10
Classification
Accident
Location
Bowling Green, Missouri, United States
Coordinates
39.3304, -91.1896
Aircraft
Cessna 182A
Registration
N5015D
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Skydive St. Louis, Inc.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Bowling Green → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI92LA025

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
5 0 0 0 5

Probable cause

INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE SKY DIVER'S PARACHUTE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PILOT WAS FLYING A GROUP OF SPORT PARACHUTISTS ON A JUMP RUN, AND NOTICED A PILOT PARACHUTE OUT OF ITS PACK. THE PILOT YELLED AT PARACHUTIST BUT HE STEPPED ONTO THE AIRCRAFT WING STRUT. THE PARACHUTE DEPLOYED AND PULLED THE PARACHUTIST OFF THE STRUT. THE PARACHUTE BECAME MOMENTARILY ENTANGLED WITH THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY. THE PARACHUTIST LANDED SAFELY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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