Pilot forced to jump.....

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Pilot forced to jump after skydiver damages plane’s tail

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...es-plane-tail-article-1.1831245#ixzz34oMJqi60

The pilot of a skydiving plane was forced to bail after his aircraft spiraled out of control.

Shawn Kinmartin made his first ever jump Saturday afternoon after the tail on his Cessna 182 became seriously damaged. The elevator, which controls the aircraft's ability to rise and descend, was reportedly wrecked after the final skydiver struck it.

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Glad he's okay, and no one on the ground was hurt.

I think I'll not see the day when a news source correctly IDs a general aviation craft.
 
The Daily News and it's headlines....... :rolleyes:

I saw the story on Nightly News.....

Yes, the jumper hit the plane......

The pilot then tried to make it back to the airport but soon realized it wasn't going to happen. So.......

He found a field and then decide he was going to have to jump. The plane didnt spiral out of control.....

Pilot made sure there would be no damage to others by finding the field and then bailed at approximately 1500-2000 agl.....

Good on him..........
 
A good example of why it's important to make sure you really know how to wear and operate a chute if you are going to wear one. I think it is a good idea to do a tandem sport jump if you are going to be wearing a reserve chute to get rid of some anxiety about the unknown feelings of free fall and chute flying. It could shave a few seconds off of the time it takes to make the decision whether or not to bail.

Good job to Shawn though. He went to the school I taught at and everyone is glad he was able to get out.
 
This thought crosses my mind every time I fly jumpers. . Glad the pilot made it out okay.

I am just scared of the round parachute I might have to jump, I need a square.
 
queeno said:
You would be surprised at the thing you will do when you don't want to die !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
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When I worked in the Brooklyn Housing Projects I told some chubby kid who doubted his ability to run fast that "You will be amazed at what your feet can do when you need them to do it".
 
tomokc said:
Land into the wind, keep your eyes on the horizon, keep your feet & knees together, bend at the hips & knees, and flare just before touching down. Then wait calmly for the ambulance.
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PLF = painful landing fractures.

That is why I need a square. A PDR 193 or Raven 2 would fit the bill nicely.
 
I'm not clear on this but I all I read was the badly-written linked story - did the skydiver or his canopy damage the tail? If the skydiver, what were his injuries? If his canopy, did he cut away and ride his reserve down?

I used to jump quite a bit back in the day, and we were always told that it was virtually impossible to hit the tail, even in a 182. Getting ready to load we'd occasionally do a standing broad jump from the step towards the horizontal stab, and we'd never get close.
 
tomokc said:
I'm not clear on this but I all I read was the badly-written linked story - did the skydiver or his canopy damage the tail? If the skydiver, what were his injuries? If his canopy, did he cut away and ride his reserve down?

I used to jump quite a bit back in the day, and we were always told that it was virtually impossible to hit the tail, even in a 182. Getting ready to load we'd occasionally do a standing broad jump from the step towards the horizontal stab, and we'd never get close.
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I was wondering the same thing. Did the jumper hit the horizontal stabilizer? If so, that's gonna leave a mark.
 
tomokc said:
I'm not clear on this but I all I read was the badly-written linked story - did the skydiver or his canopy damage the tail? If the skydiver, what were his injuries? If his canopy, did he cut away and ride his reserve down?

I used to jump quite a bit back in the day, and we were always told that it was virtually impossible to hit the tail, even in a 182. Getting ready to load we'd occasionally do a standing broad jump from the step towards the horizontal stab, and we'd never get close.
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It's usually an inadvertent deployment, where the drouge and bag go over the horizontal stab and the jumper goes under.
 
A pilot chute deployment in the aircraft (door open) usually ends very badly. It goes out the door taking the main canopy with it, then the jumper whose shoulders tear the door frame apart as he's pulled through, and now you've got an airplane that's coming apart. The plan if you saw a pilot chute getting free was to throw the guy through the door.
 
tomokc said:
I'm not clear on this but I all I read was the badly-written linked story - did the skydiver or his canopy damage the tail? If the skydiver, what were his injuries? If his canopy, did he cut away and ride his reserve down?

I used to jump quite a bit back in the day, and we were always told that it was virtually impossible to hit the tail, even in a 182. Getting ready to load we'd occasionally do a standing broad jump from the step towards the horizontal stab, and we'd never get close.
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A reserve chute went off at the door and got tangled up in the tail then the jumper took the main rig down. The plane was flyable enough to descend and position for the crash but not land-able. (from the pilot's facebook page)
 
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