# Incident 20050206003619I: Cessna 208, Mokuleia, HI, February 6, 2005 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: February 6, 2005, 09:35 local time - Place: Mokuleia, HI - Airport: Dillingham Airfield Airport - Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping - Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105) - Location: 21.5794° N, 158.1718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mokuleia, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.5794&lon=-158.1718&mi=10 - Aircraft: N9454F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9454F) (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/20050206003619I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) SKYDIVE HAWAII FATAL PARACHUTE JUMP, FEBRUARY 6, 2005, FINAL REPORT THE PARACHUTIST EXITED THE AIRCRAFT NORMALLY AT APPROXIMATELY 11,000 AGL. MAIN PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT WAS INITIATED LOW AND RESULTED IN A MALFUNCTION. THE AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICE (AAD) WAS ON DURING THE JUMP HOWEVER THE MAIN PARACHUTE, ALTHOUGH MALFUNCTIONED, SLOWED THE PARACHUTIST ENOUGH THAT THE AAD DID NOT ACTIVATE AND CUT THE RESERVE CLOSING LOOP AT THE NORMAL PRESET ALTITUDE. IN ADDITION, CUTAWAY OF THE MAIN PARACHUTE WAS ACCOMPLISHED TOO LOW IN ORDER FOR THE PARACHUTIST TO ATTAIN ENOUGH SPEED IN TIME TO ACTIVATE THE AAD. THE RESERVE WAS MANUALLY DEPLOYED HOWEVER THE PARACHUTIST WAS TOO LOW FOR THE DEPLOYMENT SEQUENCE TO COMPLETE. ONE RESERVE LOCKING STOW REMAINED INTACT POST IMPACT. THE PARACHUTIST WAS A 24 YEAR OLD MALE, USPA AUTHORIZED AND CURRENT, WITH 171 JUMPS. PARACHUTE SYSTEM INFORMATION: HARNESS AND CONTAINER- MANUFACTURER: RIGGING INOVATIONS MODEL: TALON SERIAL: 6796 DATE OF MFG: 05/1994 JUMPS ON SYSTEM: UNK. MAIN PARACHUTE- MANUFACTURER: UNK. MODEL: UNK. SERIAL: UNK. DATE OF MFG: UNK. PACK DATE: UNK. JUMPS ON CANOPY: UNK. RESERVE PARACHUTE- MANUFACTURE: AERODYNE SYSTEMS LTD. MODEL: TEMPO 150SERIAL: 225419 DATE OF MFG: 01-2002 PACK DATE: 01/20/2005 (PACKED BY AN APPROPRIATELY RATED MASTER PARACHUTE RIGGER) PREVIOUS DEPLOYMENTS: UNK. AAD- MANUFACTURER: AIRTEC GMBH MODEL: EXPERT CYPRES 2 SERIAL: 5080E1665FCB22 5O DATE OF MFG: 03/2002 ## Other reports on N9454F (4) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20130723014209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130723014209I), Jul 23, 2013: Cessna 208 (N9454F), Mokuleia, HI, Minor damage, 1 fatal. Parachutist struck the horizontal stabilizer with his head and knocked unconscious on exit from aircraft while attempting to perform a hop and pop parachute… - [Incident 20120807020519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120807020519I), Aug 7, 2012: Cessna 208 (N9454F), Mokuleia, HI, No damage. [privacy data omitted]Said that this was the first flight of the day. The run up was normal. There were 12 jumpers on board. At 4000' on the climb out 2… - [Incident 20091012024169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091012024169I), Oct 12, 2009: Cessna 208 (N9454F), Mokuleia, HI, No damage, 1 fatal. On October 12, 2009, at approximately 1230 HST, a 27-year-OLD male parachutist was fattally injured in the vicinity of Dillingham Airfield in Mokuleia, HI.… - [Incident 20060106002139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060106002139I), Jan 6, 2006: Cessna 208 (N9454F), Mokuleia, HI, 2 fatal. (-23) [privacy data omitted] 1/6/06 - numerous eyewitnesses to this incident stated that they observed the tandem pair under a good main parachute canopy which… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.