# Incident 19940730029929I: Beech 6580, Beaumont, TX, July 30, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1994, 18:15 local time
- Place: Beaumont, TX
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 30.0860° N, 94.1018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaumont, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0860&lon=-94.1018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9NK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9NK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-45H (registry code 1151018, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (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 6580
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940730029929I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 30 JULY 1994 AT 1815 LOCAL CST, SUBJECT SKYDIVER EXITED AIRCRAFT N9NK, A BEECH 65-80, AT 13,000' AGL WITH SEVEN OTHER SKYDIVERS. WHILE FORMING UP AT 3500' AGL, SUBJECT'S PARACHUTE HAD LEFT BRAKE COME UNSTOWED CAUSING SPIRAL TO RIGHT; AFTER ONE TURN, WITH SUBJECT UNDER CANOPY, SHE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER SKYDIVER, KNOCKING HER HELMET OFF AND RENDERING HER UNCONSCIOUS. SHE CONTINUED DOWNWARD IN SPIRAL WITH CANOPY OPEN. FELLOW SKYDIVER REPORTED SHE APPEARED TO BE UNCONSCIOUS THE ENTIRE DESCENT. SUBJECT IMPACTED A STEEL GATE IN A DRIVEWAY. SHE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES AND DIED 4 AUGUST 1994 AT 2155, HAVING NEVER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS. OPERATOR OF THE SKYDIVE FACILITY REPORTED THAT INCIDENT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF SUBJECT HAD TAKEN MORE CARE WITH REPACKING PARACHUTE. TRAINING: ALL TRAINING HAD BEEN RECEIVED AT SKYDIVE AMERICA IN BEAUMONT SINCE MARCH 1994. EXPERIENCE: SUBJECT HAD 50 FREEFALL JUMPS, THE TOTAL OF HER EXPERIENCE. EQUIPMENT: MAIN CANOPY GLIDE PATH CRICKET; RESERVE NATIONAL PHANTOM 22' RESERVE WAS PACKED 07-14-94.

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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