# Accident 20020929030329A: Cessna 208B, Pawtucket, RI, September 29, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2002, 16:00 local time
- Place: Pawtucket, RI
- Airport: North Central State
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9206° N, 71.4911° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9206&lon=-71.4911&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9347B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9347B-2013-08-23) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC02LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020929030329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) RHODE ISLAND AERONATUTICS COMMISSION - AL MODER INVESTIGATED ACCIDENT. ACCIDENT INVOLVING A PARACHUTIST @ NORTH CENTRAL AIRPORT (SFZ) @ 1630EDT ON 9/29/02. PARACHUTIST - SUSAN COSTA, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BOSTON-PROVIDENCE SKYDIVING CENTER, OVERFLEW LANDING ZONE AND CHUTE WAS CAUGHT IN THE PROP OF CE-208-B LOADING DIVERS. INJURIES-INCLUDED A NEARLY SEVERED AND FRACTURED RT. ARM. 10/01/02. DCC.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC02LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA199), Sep 29, 2002: Cessna 208B (N9347B), Pawtucket, RI, no damage. Probable cause: The parachutist's failure to obtain the proper touchdown point, which resulted in contact with the operating propeller of a parked airplane.

## Other reports on N9347B (1)

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

- [Incident 20001220025129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001220025129I), Dec 20, 2000: Cessna 208B (N9347B), Auburn-Lewiston, ME, Minor damage. (-23) See attachment

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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