# Incident 19961005037299I: Cessna U206C, Haleiwa, HI, October 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 5, 1996, 13:30 local time
- Place: Haleiwa, HI
- Airport: Private
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 21.6024° N, 158.0956° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Haleiwa, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.6024&lon=-158.0956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N206AE-2012-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206C (registry code 2073332, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961005037299I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: EXPERIENCED MALE JUMPER KILLED UPON IMPACT AFTER APPARENTLY TURNING A HIGH PERFORMANCE MAIN CANOPY TOO LOW TO THE GROUND IN ORDER TO RECOVER IN TIME. NAME: FRED A. SAMMIS. EXPERIENCE: 1100+ PARACHUTE JUMPS. CLUB AFFILIATION: NONE; THE JUMP WAS CONDUCTED AT A COMMERCIAL PARACHUTING CENTER. SEE C.1. USPA MEMBER #54296, LICENSE #D-17296. MAIN PARACHUTE; PERFORMANCE DESIGNS. MODEL STILETTO 97. S/N ST09704930. RESERVE PARACHUTE: PERFORMANCE DESIGNS. MODEL 126R. S/N 7938. HARNESS AND CONTAINER: JUMPSHACK. MODEL: RACER. S/N 23609. AAD: AIRTECH. MODEL; EXPERT CYPRESS. S/N 401D5605502210. AFTER WHAT WAS APPARENTLY A NORMAL PARACHUTE JUMP WHERE MR. SAMMIS WAS VIDEO TAPING A PAIR OF TANDEM JUMPERS, HE WAS KILLED FROM IMPACT WITH THE EARTH UNDER WHAT WITNESSES SAY WAS A FULLY INFLATED PROPERLY FUNCTIONING MAIN PARACHUTE. ALL EQUIPMENT WORN BY MR. SAMMIS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN OPERATIONAL AND FUNCTIONING PROPERLY DURING THE FATAL JUMP. IT APPEARS THE CAUSE OF THE FATALITY WAS MR. SAMMIS INITIATING A "HOOK TURN" TOO LOW IN ORDER TO RECOVER WITH ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO PROPERLY FLAIR, SLOW, AND LAND HIS PARACHUTE. NO EIR, NO NMAC, AND NO PILOT DEVIATION. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N206AE (1)

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

- [Incident 19870124081409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870124081409I), Jan 24, 1987: Cessna U206C (N206AE), Waialua, HI, 1 fatal. Parachutist was observed to make no attempt to open either chute prior ground impact. Victim had epileptic seizure.

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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