# Incident 20020615022219I: Beech 65A90, East Troy, WI, June 15, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2002, 12:20 local time
- Place: East Troy, WI
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 42.7852° N, 88.3956° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of East Troy, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7852&lon=-88.3956&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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020615022219I

## Narrative

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

(-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 THE SPORT PARACHUTING EQUIPMENT WORN BY MR. BERTETTO DID NOT DISCLOSE ANY ABNORMALITIES OR FAILURES. HARNESS/CONTAINER - RELATIVE WORSHOP VECTOR - NO DEFECTS NOTED, ALL CLASP AND LATCHES WERE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER. MAIN PARACHUTE - PERFORMANCE DESIGNS MODEL PD230 - THE MAIN PARACHUTE CONTAINER DID NOT OPEN PRIOR TO OR ON IMPACT. THE HAND DEPLOYABLE MAIN PILOT CHUTE WAS FOUND OUTSIDE OF THE STOWAGE POCKET STIL FOLDED WITH THE BRIDAL CLOSURE LOOP STILL INTACT. THE HAND DEPLOYABLE MAIN PILOT CHUTE WAS EJECTED FOR THE STOWAGE POCKET ON IMPACT. RESERVE PARACHUTE - PERFORMANCE DESIGNS PD176R - THE RESERVE PILOT CHUTE AND CONTAINER DEPLOYED ON IMPACT AND WAS DEPOSITED DOWNWIND OF THE SPOT WHERE THE BODY CAME TO REST. THE RESERVE RIPCORD HANDLE WAS FOUND STOWED IN THE NORMAL POSITION. INSPECTION OF THE RIPCORD PIN AND CLOSURE LOOP REVEALED NO ABNORMALITIES. AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICE (AAD) - AIRTEC CYPRES (EXPERT) - THE AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICE DID NOT ACTIVATE. THE AAD WAS DAMAGED DURING THE IMPACT AND HAS BEEN SENT TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION. MR. BERTETTO WAS JUMPING RENTED PARACHUTE EQUIPMENT AND HAD MADE ONE (1) JUMP USING THAT EQUIPMENT THE PREVIOUS WEEKEND. MR. BERTETTO WAS BRIEFED ON THE USE OF THIS EQUIPMENT BY INSTRUCTORS AT THE SKY KNIGHTS SPORT PARACHUTING CLUB PRIOR TO HIS FIRST JUMP USING THIS EQUIPMENT. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MR. BERTETTO HAD 43 PARACHUTE JUMPS PERFORMED AT PLACES OTHER THAN THE SKY KNIGHTS SPORT PARACHUTING CLUB AND EAST TROY, WISCONSIN. INTERVIEWS WITH THE OTHER PARACHUTIST THAT WERE IN THE AREA AND THAT WERE ON THIS "JUMP" DID NOT INDICATE THAT MR. BERTETTO WAS IN A DEPRESSED OR SULLEN MOOD. ONE "JUMPER" INDICATED THAT WHILE IN FREE-FALL WITH MR. BERTETTO, MR. BERTETTO MOTIONED THAT HE WAS READY TO "CLEAR THE AREA AND OPEN HIS PARACHUTE." AT THIS POINT THE OTHER JUMPER OPENED HIS PARACHUTE AND LOST SIGHT OF MR. BERTETTO. AUTOPSY AND TOXICOLOGY REPORTS DID NOT INDICATE ANY MEDICAL OR PHYSICAL ABNORMALITIES OR INCAPACITATING CONDITIONS.

## Other reports on N798K (1)

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

- [Incident 19960127002889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960127002889I), Jan 27, 1996: Beech 65A90 (N798K), Louisburg, NC, 1 fatal. 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…

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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