# Accident 20041024027329A: Cessna P206B, Taylorville, IL, October 24, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2004, 14:40 local time
- Place: Taylorville, IL
- Airport: Taylorville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5364° N, 89.3322° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5364&lon=-89.3322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8619Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8619Z-2005-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206B (registry code 2073309, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206B
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041024027329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THIS AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY MID AMERICA SPORT PARACHUTE CLUB, INC. OF TAYLORVILLE, IL. WAS CONDUCTING PARACHUTE OPERATIONS OVER THE TAYLORVILLE AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 14:40 HOURS ON 10-24-04. ONE JUMPER EXPERIENCED A PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT OF HIS MAIN PARACHUTE AND THE PARACHUTE RAPIDLY BECAME ENTANGLED AROUND THE R/H MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT AND EXTENDED TOWARD THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT. WITHIN MOMENTS OF THE PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED AN INVERTED FLAT SPIN AND CRASHED INTO A FIELD WEST OF THE RUNWAY. ALL OCCUPANTS WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT AND PARACHUTE SAFELY EXCEPT ONE PARACHUTIST WHO WAS ENTANGLED WITH THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS FATALLY INJURED IN THE CRASH.

## 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 CHI05LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA014), Oct 24, 2004: Cessna P206B (N8619Z), Taylorville, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Aircraft control not possible by the pilot following a premature deployment of a parachute as a parachutist exited the jump airplane during cruise flight. The inverted spin encountered by the pilot…

## Other reports on N8619Z (3)

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

- [Incident 19981211045629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981211045629I), Dec 11, 1998: Cessna P206B (N8619Z), Naples, FL. Attachment states: on dec. 11, 1998, Mr. Urs spenger, pilot certificate 2482092, was pilot in command of aircraft N8619Z, a Cessna 206-P206B, cleared to land…
- [Incident 19860509038889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860509038889I), May 9, 1986: Cessna P206 (N8619Z), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. Aircraft veered as nose wheel was lowered on rollout. Departed runway side and nosed down in soft soil.
- [Accident 19780407008769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780407008769A), Apr 7, 1978: Cessna TU206A (N8619Z), Imperial, CA, Substantial damage. Gusting 25-35K.prop,firewall dmgd.

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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