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1991 C-182 Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Single-Engine Tail Strike

C-182 Non-Fatal Hartwood, VA July 14, 1991

As the first parachutist was preparing to jump from the wing at an altitude of 12,000 feet, his reserve parachute release handle became attached to some part of the airplane. Before he could react, the parachute opened and pulled him from the wing. The partially deployed chute wrapped around the right horizontal stabilizer, slamming him against the aircraft. The right stabilizer broke away and the jumper descended to a safe landing under the deployed canopy..

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1991 C-210 Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Single-Engine Tail Strike

C-210 Non-Fatal Hazel Green, AL July 13, 1991

The pilot lost control of the airplane after a parachute line from a student jumper became entangled with the horizontal stabilizer and elevator trim tab. According to the pilot, the airplane became uncontrollable and entered a flat spin. Unable to arrest the spin, the pilot and other jumpers parachuted out the airplane; the airplane crashed in the woods unattended.

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1988 C-182 Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Single-Engine Tail Strike

C-182 Non-Fatal Sparta, IL October 9, 1988

The airplane landed uneventfully after a skydiver struck the horizontal stabilizer following an inadvertent deployment of his main parachute as he was preparing to exit the airplane. The skydiver was not injured and descended normally.

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1988 C-206 Turbo-Charged C-U206 Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Single-Engine Tail Strike

C-TU206 Non-Fatal Loveland, CO February 21, 1988

A commercial plt was flying a group of parachutists for a skydiving club. The aircraft encountered turbulence during a climb to 4,500 feet agl. As the second jumper was exiting, the aircraft dropped and the parachutist struck the horizontal stabilizer. The outer four inches were bent downward and the assembly was pulled one inch from the fuselage. The plt made a normal landing and an inspection revealed some bulkhead damage in the tail section. The parachutist was not injured.

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1985 C-182 Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Single-Engine Tail Strike

C-182 Non-Fatal Bayou LaBarte, AL April 27, 1985

Inadvertent opening of parachute in aircraft during climb to jump altitude pulled jumper from aircraft. Jumper struck right horizontal tail. Control of aircraft was lost and the pilot and the other three jumpers exited the aircraft, deployed their chutes and landed uninjured. The aircraft impacted the ground in a vertical or near vertical dive.

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1984 C-182 Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Single-Engine Tail Strike

C-182 Non-Fatal Norridgewock, ME September 9, 1984

A parachte became entangled in the horizontal stabilizer while the acft was maneuvering to drop the parachutists. The acft made a hard landing after the parachustist disengaged from the acft. The acft stabilizer spar was damaged in the encounter and the lack of elevator effectiveness affected the ability of the plt to properly flare the acft. The nose gear failed during the landing attempt. The cowling, prop and the fuselage was also damaged.

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1983 C-P206 Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Single-Engine Tail Strike

C-P206 Non-Fatal Suffolk, VA July 9, 1983

The parachute of one of the jumpers deployed prematurely. The shroud lines entangled in the right horizontal stabilizer & elevator. As the parachute inflated, the stabilizer was bent downward, & the elevator partially ripped from the trailing edge of the stabilizer. The jumper was liberated from the entanglement & safely landed using his reserve chute.The remaining jumpers exited the acft & the plt safely landed the acft.

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1983 C-182 Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Single-Engine Tail Strike

C-182 Non-Fatal Tallassee, AL May 28, 1983

As the student jumper was getting out of the aircraft and onto the step in preparation for a parachute jump the pack tray prematurely opened and the canopy blossomed under the tail pulling the jumper into the horizontal stabilizer causing a cut on his left shin. About 15 inches of the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator were sheared by the jumper. The remainder was crumpled and deformed from mid-span outward. A witness stated that the only way this could happen was if the pilot had the yoke back and the tail low. In other premature openings the witness had been involved with, the parachute opened under the tail and the jumper also went under the tail clearing the aircraft structure in all cases.

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1982 C-182 Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Single-Engine Tail Strike

C-182 Non-Fatal Shenandoah, OH October 3, 1982

Jumper’s parachute open prematurely pulling jumper into tail section bending horizontal stabilizer which in turn jammed the rudder. Plt could not flare acft during subsequent landing collapsing the main gear.

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