# NTSB Accident ERA13CA247
> **CESSNA 182D** · 2013-05-17 · East Moriches, NY, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA13CA247
- **Event ID:** 20130520X30510
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2013-05-17
- **Location:** East Moriches, NY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.824722, -72.750831
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 5
- **Total aboard:** 5
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 182D
- **Registration:** N8775X
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The inadvertent deployment of the skydiving instructor's drogue chute when he exited the airplane, resulting in it contacting and damaging the horizontal stabilizer.

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