Cessna 182D N8882X

Summary

On 28 July 2012 at about 16:00 local time, a Cessna 182D registered N8882X, operated by Myrtle Aviation, Inc., was involved in an accident near Rose Hill, Kansas, United States. 4 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.

Date

28 July 2012 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Rose Hill, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

37.5667, -97.1750

Aircraft

Cessna 182D

Registration

N8882X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Myrtle Aviation, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Skydiving

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rose Hill → Rose Hill

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN12LA549

Nobody was injured.

The inadvertent deployment of a skydiver's parachute, which struck the right horizontal stabilizer.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

As a skydiver was exiting the airplane, his parachute inadvertently deployed and struck the right horizontal stabilizer. He deployed his reserve parachute and landed without further incident. After all the skydivers had exited the airplane, the pilot saw that the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator were damaged. After an uneventful landing, postaccident examination revealed the right stabilizer spar was bent.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.