What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Tandem jumpers pilot chute opened as they backed to door. Pulled out. Hit tail. Severing half horizontal stabilizer
As the FAA filed it
TANDEM JUMPERS PILOT CHUTE OPENED AS THEY BACKED TO DOOR. PULLED OUT. HIT TAIL. SEVERING HALF HORIZONTAL STABILIZER
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.
Other reports on N9HW · 6
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
Incident 20180811012799IWhiteville, TN* On August 11th 2018, appoximately 1330 local time. 10 skydivers exited a king air operated by mullins air. [privacy data omitted] Was one of them. He was on his third jump of the day at 14,500 AGL *[privacy data omitted] was an experienced jumper he has…Incident 20161002020899IHickory Valley, TNParachutist was performing a high performance parachute landing. Parachutist misjudged his landing and hit the ground with a high rate of descent which killed him 1. Name of jumper Kyle doster [privacy data omitted] 2.Experience andtraining of jumper. Mr.…Incident 19960825036679IParachute Jumping · Pensacola, FLNarrative: a. jumpers exited king air (N9HW) at 14,500 feet. Skydive went as planned. Breakoff occurred at or below 3500 feet. Rick thomas, safety officer for skydive the emerald coast club [privacy data omitted] reported that robert aspray deployed his main…Incident 19960120002959IParachute Jumping · Keystone Height, FLNarrative: the victim and another experienced skydiver exited aircraft at 14,500 MSL. Both deployed main canopies at 7,000 MSL. Victim was photographing another parachutist who was displaying a banner while under canopy. At approx. 1,500 MSL, victim's feet…Incident 19940924041409IParachute Jumping · Elberta, ALJumper collided with another. Tore canopy. Failed cut away or use reserve chute. Fatal ground impact.Incident 19940827037549IDescent · East Troy, WIJumper failed deploy main or reserve parachutes. Seen out of position. Arms flailing.