# Incident 20030721015739I: Cessna 208, Homestead, FL, July 21, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2003, 14:45 local time
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Airport: Homestead Genrl Aviation Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9639F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9639F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208 (registry code 2073702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030721015739I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 21, 2003, A PARACHUTE FATALITY OCCURRED AT THE HOMESTEAD GENERAL AIRPORT, A HARNESS FAILURE RESULTED IN A BROKEN NECK FOR THE PARACHUTIST. NO PROBLEMS WITH THE PARACHUTE CLUB (SKYDIVE MIAMI) OR THEIR AIRCRAFT, CESSNA CARAVAN N9639F WERE FOUND DURING THIS OFFICE INVESTIGATION. PARACHUTIST NAME: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED NUMBER OF JUMPS: 10 (NOVICE JUMPER UNDER SUPERVISION OF INSTRUCTOR) CLUB AFFILIATION: SKYDIVE MIAMI LOCATED ON THE HOMESTEAD AIRPORT PACKING RECORDS OF THE PARACHUTE: MAIN PARACHUTE PACKED BY STUDENT UNDER SUPERVISION OF INSTRUCTOR, RESERVE PARACHUTE PACKED BY CERTIFICATED SENIOR RIGGER, ON MAY 7, 2003.

## Other reports on N9639F (3)

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

- [Accident 20081207856719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081207856719A), Dec 7, 2008: Cessna 208 (N9639F), Homestead, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) Reserve parachute deployed into the air stream while [privacy data omitted] was still in the aircraft. Reserve chute pulled [privacy data omitted] into…
- [Incident 20031220035022I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031220035022I), Dec 20, 2003: Cessna 208 (N9639F), Homestead, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On Saturday, 20 dec 2003, a Cessna caravan, N9639F and a Cessna 172, N5412D experienced a midair collision on final approach to runway 36 at Homestead…
- [Incident 19970622023099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970622023099I), Jun 22, 1997: Cessna 208 (N9639F), Umatilla, FL, 1 fatal. Student instructor tandem jump. Main chute risers failed tangled rwserve. Impact killed instructor, injured student

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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