# Incident 20010421009599I: Cessna 208B, Immokalee, FL, April 21, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 2001, 09:13 local time
- Place: Immokalee, FL
- Airport: Immokalee Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 26.4337° N, 81.4005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IMMOKALEE RGNL (IMM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4337&lon=-81.4005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9697C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9697C-2004-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010421009599I

## Narrative

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

(-23)JUMPERS LEFT AIRCRAFT AT 13000FT AND DEPLOYED DROGUE PARACHUTE SUCCESSFULLY. AT 5500 FT PULLED "DROGUE RELEASE" AN NOTHING HAPPENED (THIS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED MAIN PARACHUTE), AND DROGUE WAS STILL ATTACHED TO JUMPERS.  THE "CUT-AWAY" WAS PULLED AND DROGUE PULLED MAIN CHUTE AWAY FROM JUMPERS AS DESIGNED (THIS IS SUPPOSE TO ACTIVE RESERVE, AND MAY HAVE).  AT SAME TIME THE RESERVE HANDLE WAS PULLED.  JUMPERS ROTATED TO A HEAD DOWN ATTITUDE AFTER DROGUE LEFT.  RESERVE CHUTE AND LINES WERE FELT DEPLOYING ALONG INSTRUCTORS LEGS CAUSING "TENSION NOTS" AND INTANGLED LINES.  APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF RESERVE CHUTE DEPLOYED.  THIS CAUSE THE JUMPERS TO COMPLETE THE REMAINDER OF FALL IN WHAT WOULD BE CALLED A "FLAT SPIN".

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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