# Incident 19940320022099I: Cessna TU206D, Somerton, AZ, March 20, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1994, 14:20 local time
- Place: Somerton, AZ
- Airport: Rolle
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 32.5163° N, 114.6984° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROLLE AIRFIELD (44A), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5163&lon=-114.6984&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72205, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72205-2001-05-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206D (registry code 2073344, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 15 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940320022099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING THE SPORT PARACHUTE JUMP, THE PARACHUTES OF TWO JUMPERS BECAME ENTANGLED AT APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET AGL. ONE JUMPER CUT AWAY FROM HIS MAIN PARACHUTE AND DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO DEPLOY HIS RESERVE. THE JUMPER, JOHN P. LUBY, WAS FATALLY INJURED BY IMPACT WITH THE GROUND. THIS JUMP WAS MR. LUBY'S FIRST CIVILIAN JUMP. HE WAS CURRENTLY QUALIFIED ACTIVE DUTY US NAVY PARACHUTIST WITH 15 MILITARY JUMPS. PRIOR TO THIS JUMP HE WAS GIVEN ALL TRAINING FOR A FIRST JUMP AND WAS PACKED ON THE DAY OF THE JUMP BY A CERTIFICATED RIGGER. THE RESERVE CANOPY WAS A PARAFLITE MT-1 AND WAS PACKED ON 12-31-93 BY THE SAME RIGGER. NO VIOLATION OF FAR WAS REVEALED DURING THIS INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N72205 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19941101040129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941101040129I), Nov 1, 1994: Cessna TU206D (N72205), Las Cruces, NM, Minor damage. Turning off landing runway nose fork separated from nose strut. Attach bolts were sheared.
- [Incident 19900711052629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900711052629I), Jul 11, 1990: Cessna 206CESSNA (N72205), Kissimmee, FL. Had power loss after departing Kissimmee airport. Forced landing in a field.

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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