# Incident 19970420006099I: Cessna 206CESSNA, Greensburg, IN, April 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1997, 19:15 local time
- Place: Greensburg, IN
- Airport: County Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 39.3510° N, 85.5012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greensburg, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3510&lon=-85.5012&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89453, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89453-2021-03-23) (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 206CESSNA
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970420006099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 20, 1997 JOANN LEE NEWSOM AND THREE OTHER SKYDIVERS BOARDED N89453 A CESSNA 206 FOR PURPOSE OF SKYDIVING. THIS AIRCRAFT PILOTED BY BRADLEY D. SPENCE DEPARTED DECATUR COUNTY AIRPORT, GREENSBURG, IN (I34) AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 PM LOCAL. AT 11,000 FEET THE AIRCRAFT DOOR WAS OPENED AND ALL THE JUMPERS DEPARTED. MRS. NEWSOM HAD TWO CAMERA'S MOUNTED ON HER HELMET, A 35MM STILL CAMERA AND 8MM VIDEO CAMERA. THE NEXT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IS BASED ON THE OBSERVATION OF FOOTAGE FROM THE 8MM VIDEO TAPE THAT WAS IN THE CAMERA ON MRS. NEWSOM'S HELMET. WHEN MRS. NEWSOM DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT, THINGS APPEARED TO BE NORMAL. MRS. NEWSOM WAS FILMING THE OTHER THREE JUMPERS AND THEY STARTED DRIFTING AWAY. MRS. NEWSOM THEN CHECKED HER ALTIMETER. MRS. NEWSOM CONTINUED TO OBSERVE THEM. MRS. NEWSOM THEN CHECKED HER ALTIMETER. MRS. NEWSOM REACHED AROUND IN ATTEMPT TO GRAB THE PILOT CHUTE AND GRABBED THE BRIDLE WHICH OPENED THE MAIN CONTAINER AND INITIATED AN OUT OF SEQUENCE DEPLOYMENT, WHICH RESULTED IN A BAG LOCK. MRS. NEWSOM THEN PULLED THE RESERVE HANDLE WHICH DEPLOYED THE RESERVE INTO THE MAIN BAG ENTANGLEMENT. MRS. NEWSOM IMPACTED THE GROUND, WHICH RESULTED IN FATAL INJU RIES.

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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