# Incident 19951125043679I: Beech D50, Crestview, FL, November 25, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 1995, 16:22 local time
- Place: Crestview, FL
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 30.7479° N, 86.5793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crestview, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7479&lon=-86.5793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N155P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N155P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D-50 (registry code 1152512, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d-50) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-480 series (registry code 41527, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D50
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 45 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951125043679I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: VICTIM, MONTE EARL KIRKPATRICK, MADE A DELIBERATE PARACHUTE JUMP FROM BE-50 AIRCRAFT, N155P AT APPROXIMATE 12,500 FEET. HE DEPLOYED THE MAIN PARACHUTE AT APPROXIMATELY 4000 FEET; HOWEVER, IT DID NOT DEPLOY PROPERLY. THE VICTIM CUT AWAY THE MAIN PARACHUTE BEFORE DEPLOYING THE AUXILIARY PARACHUTE WHICH ALSO DEPLOYED IMPROPERLY. THE VICTIM IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. ACCORDING TO WITNESS REPORTS, THE VICTIM BELONGED TO THE CRESTVIEW SKYDIVING CLUB, WAS AN EXPERIENCED MILITARY HALO JUMPER, HAD 2500 FREE FALLS, AND A TOTAL OF 18-20 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THE SPORT. WITNESSES ALSO STATED THE VICTIM PACKED THE MAIN PARACHUTE A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, AND THAT THE AUXILIARY PARACHUTE WAS PACKED BY JUMP SHACK OF DELAND, FL. EXAMINATION OF THE AUXILIARY PARACHUTE REVEALED: 1. IT WAS A MICRO RAVEN 120 9|; MANUFACTURED BY PRECISI ON AERODYNAMICS, INC. (HWY. 127 NORTH; PO BOX 386; DUNLAP, TN 37327; PHONE: 615-949-4688 OR 1-800-222-3933); MANUFACTURE DATE JULY 93; SERIAL NUMBER 28321449; MAXIMUM SPEED 130; MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF PARACHUTIST 137 POUNDS. 2. THE PARACHUTE EXPERIENCED AN UNEXPLAINED "BAG LOCK" MALFUNCTION. 3. THE RIGHT SIDE TAIL OF THE CANOPY WAS PULLED APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT THROUGH A GROMMET. THIS CAUSED FOUR LINES CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT TAIL TO BE PULLED COMPLETELY THROUGH THE GROMMET. 4. THE LATEST PACKING DATE IS IN QUESTION BECAUSE THE DATE ON THE PARACHUTE PACKING RECORD, THAT WAS FOUND WITH THE PARACHUTE, APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CHANGED. THE DATE ON THE PACKING RECORD APPEARS TO BE "29 AUG. 95". HOWEVER, THE RIGGERS LOG AND SHOP LOG REFLECT A DATE OF "19 JULY 95". IT WAS FURTHER REVEALED THAT THE PARACHUTE THE VICTIM WORE BELONGS TO THE PILOT OF N155P WHICH IS THE AIRCRAFT USED DURING THE NOVEMBER 25, 1995, JUMP.

## Other reports on N155P (1)

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

- [Incident 19820203001089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820203001089I), Feb 3, 1982: Beech D50 (N155P), South Bend, IN. Za left engine quit after flying through freezing rain. Found ice blocking carb air intake. Had used partial heat.

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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