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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech U-8D · Greenville, SC · May 18, 1991

Date: May 18, 1991 · 11:40 local
Place: Greenville, SC
Airport: Donaldson Center
Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft: N907SP
Reported as: Beech U8D
People aboard: 6
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 7,500 total250 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N907SPRegistration cancelled Apr 9, 2013 · Beech U-8DS/N 57-6073 Airframe modelBeech U-8D Engine modelLycoming GSO&IGSO-480 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Accidental opening of main container caused jumper to fall as main chute malfunctioned.

As the FAA filed it

ACCIDENTAL OPENING OF MAIN CONTAINER CAUSED JUMPER TO FALL AS MAIN CHUTE MALFUNCTIONED.