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C150 owner observed wing damage due to impact by a skydiver who landed on the parked aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1059391 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201212 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 150 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Route In Use | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Skydiver |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Event / Encounter Person / Animal / Bird |
Narrative:
A skydiver under a square canopy descended...into and collided with the leading edge and main wing spar of a properly parked; unoccupied and securely tied down cessna 150 aircraft on an asphalt tie down area of the ramp.... The skydiver's right tennis shoe left a skid mark on the leading edge of the right wing; three inches aft of the leading edge; one foot inboard of the upper strut attach point. The skydiver's butt impacted sheet metal between the front main wing spar and leading edge; thereby creasing sheet metal six inches span-wise along the front edge of the main wing spar and bending nose rib inside the wing.... Skydiver impacted with a force of approximately 500 pounds; bounced off wing onto asphalt ramp/taxiway and proceeded to walk away without looking or coming back to examine the aircraft. When confronted by the owner of the aircraft; skydiver ...said that the claimed area of impact showed no signs of visible damage. Actual area of impact was discovered by owner 30 minutes subsequent to time of impact. The skydiver was too inexperienced to be jumping unsupervised....
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C150 owner observed wing damage due to impact by a skydiver who landed on the parked aircraft.
Narrative: A skydiver under a square canopy descended...into and collided with the leading edge and main wing spar of a properly parked; unoccupied and securely tied down Cessna 150 aircraft on an asphalt tie down area of the ramp.... The skydiver's right tennis shoe left a skid mark on the leading edge of the right wing; three inches aft of the leading edge; one foot inboard of the upper strut attach point. The skydiver's butt impacted sheet metal between the front main wing spar and leading edge; thereby creasing sheet metal six inches span-wise along the front edge of the main wing spar and bending nose rib inside the wing.... Skydiver impacted with a force of approximately 500 LBS; bounced off wing onto asphalt ramp/taxiway and proceeded to walk away without looking or coming back to examine the aircraft. When confronted by the owner of the aircraft; skydiver ...said that the claimed area of impact showed no signs of visible damage. Actual area of impact was discovered by owner 30 minutes subsequent to time of impact. The Skydiver was too inexperienced to be jumping unsupervised....
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.