# Incident 19960127002889I: Beech 65A90, Louisburg, NC, January 27, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1996, 16:00 local time
- Place: Louisburg, NC
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 36.0966° N, 78.2986° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisburg, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0966&lon=-78.2986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N798K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N798K-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A90 (registry code 1152908, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (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 65A90
- People aboard: 12
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960127002889I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. DANIEL BURNS WAS FATALLY INJURED IN A PARACHUTE JUMP NEAR LOUISBURG, NC. HE AND TEN OTHER JUMPERS EXITED A BE-90 AT 13,500 FEET MSL AND MADE A FREE-FALL JUMP OPENING THEIR PARACHUTES AT 2500 FEET AGL. MR. BURNS' PARACHUTE OPENED AND OPERATED NORMALLY UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET AGL. AT THAT POINT, MR. BURNS TURNED 90 TO 120 DEGREES TO HIS LEFT TO AVOID A POWER LINE AND HIS SQUARE PARACHUTE COLLAPSED. MR. BURNS HAD A USPA D LICENSE, NUMBER D17649, AND HAD MADE A TOTAL OF 320 JUMPS. HE WAS JUMPING WITH CAROLINA SKY SPORTS AND PACKED HIS OWN PARACHUTE.

## Other reports on N798K (1)

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

- [Incident 20020615022219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020615022219I), Jun 15, 2002: Beech 65A90 (N798K), East Troy, WI, 1 fatal. (-23) Mr. Luca bertetto, a sport parachutist, expired as a result of massiver trauma that occurred as a result of a sport parachuting accident. Inspection of…

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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