# Incident 19960907035119I: Cessna P206A, Stevensville, MT, September 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1996, 20:15 local time
- Place: Stevensville, MT
- Airport: Stevensville Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5251° N, 114.0528° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STEVENSVILLE (32S), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5251&lon=-114.0528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2677X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2677X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206A (registry code 2073308, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,830 total, 11 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/19960907035119I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTLEMBER 7, 1996, AT 2015 MDT, CESSNA 206, N6277X, OWNED BY BIG SKY PARASPORTS, INC., WAS FLYING PARACHUTERS FOR A LOCAL JUMP NEAR STEVENSVILLE, MONTANA AIRPORT. THE PILOT REPORTED FLIGHT CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL WITH WINDS MODERATE (MS. TINA SANDERS, PARACHUTE CLUB OWNER REPORTED FROM THE GROUND POSITION THAT THE WINDS WERE CHANGING FROM; NORTH TO SOUTH). MS. SANDERS REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS CARRYING FIVE PARACHUTERS WHO WERE ALL CLASS"D" JUMPERS. MR. GEORGE CHISOLM LANDED IN THE POWER LINES AND SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE PILOT HAS A COMMERCIAL RATING. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AND TERMINATED AT THE STEVENSVILLE, MONTANA AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N2677X (1)

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

- [Incident 19820528027889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820528027889I), May 28, 1982: Cessna 206CESSNA (N2677X), Albuquerque, NM, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control and ran off right side of runway. No aircraft registration certificate.

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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