# Incident 19960120002959I: Beech B90, Keystone Height, FL, January 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1996, 12:45 local time
- Place: Keystone Height, FL
- Airport: Keystone Airpark Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 29.7829° N, 82.0356° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Keystone Heights, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7829&lon=-82.0356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9HW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9HW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B90 (registry code 1152912, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP (registry code 61501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B90
- People aboard: 15
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960120002959I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: 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 GOT TANGLED IN THE CANOPY OF THE OTHER PARACHUTIST AND BOTH PARACHUTISTS ACCELERATED AS CANOPIES GOT TANGLED. SECOND PARACHUTIST CUT AWAY MAIN AT APPROX. 700MSL. VICTIM FALLS TO AN ALTITUDE OF APPROX. 100-200' BEFORE CUTTING AWAY MAIN. AT THIS ALTITUDE, VICTIM DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOY HIS RESERVE PARACHUTE. VICTIM IMPACTED A SHORT CINDERBLOCK. THE VICTIM OF THIS INCIDENT WAS NAMED HENRY BEST. HE WAS A USPA D CLASS LICENSED PARACHUTIST. HE HAS MADE MANY DEMONSTRATION JUMPS INTO VARIOUS SPORTING EVENTS AND PUBLIC FESTIVITIES. HE WAS PARACHUTING AT SUNSTATE FREEFALLERS AT KEYSTONE AIRPARK. PARACHUTE EQUIP. WAS VECTOR II HARNESS, MAIN CANOPY WAS A FLIGHT CONCEPTS SHARPSHOOTER MODEL. RESERVE CANOPY WAS A SQUARE MANUFACTURED TO THE APPROPRIATE TSO. MR. BEST WAS A CERTIFICATED PARACHUTE RIGGER AND LAST PACKED HIS RESERVE IN NOVEMBER, 1995. REPORTING INSPECTOR INSPECTED THIS GEAR ON 12-26-95 DURING A DEMONSTRATION JUMP INTO THE GATOR BOWL, JACKSONVILLE, FL.

## Other reports on N9HW (6)

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

- [Incident 20180811012799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180811012799I), Aug 11, 2018: Beech B90 (N9HW), Whiteville, TN, No damage, 1 fatal. * 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…
- [Incident 20161002020899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161002020899I), Oct 2, 2016: Beech B90 (N9HW), Hickory Valley, TN, No damage, 1 fatal. Parachutist was performing a high performance parachute landing. Parachutist misjudged his landing and hit the ground with a high rate of descent which killed…
- [Incident 19960825036679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960825036679I), Aug 25, 1996: Beech B90 (N9HW), Pensacola, FL, 1 fatal. Narrative: 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…
- [Incident 19940924041409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940924041409I), Sep 24, 1994: Beech B90 (N9HW), Elberta, AL, 1 fatal. Jumper collided with another. Tore canopy. Failed cut away or use reserve chute. Fatal ground impact.
- [Incident 19940827037549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940827037549I), Aug 27, 1994: Beech B90 (N9HW), East Troy, WI, 1 fatal. Jumper failed deploy main or reserve parachutes. Seen out of position. Arms flailing.
- [Accident 19910720029049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910720029049A), Jul 20, 1991: Beech B90 (N9HW), Waynesville, OH, Substantial damage. Tandem jumpers pilot chute opened as they backed to door. Pulled out. Hit tail. Severing half horizontal stabilizer

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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