# Incident 19861101069539I: Beech SNB5, Odessa, TX, November 1, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1986, 12:50 local time
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 31.8457° N, 102.3676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Odessa, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8457&lon=-102.3676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90264, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90264-2016-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech SNB-5 (registry code 1151024, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-snb-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH SNB5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861101069539I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CHUTIST ARM BECAME ENTANGLED AS MAIN CHUTE MALFUNCTIONED. IMPACTED GROUND DUE TO LATE DEPLOYMENT OF RESERVE CHUTE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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