# Incident 20050702021959I: Pilats PC6B2H2, West Florence, OH, July 2, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2005, 15:30 local time
- Place: West Florence, OH
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 39.7439° N, 84.7605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Florence, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7439&lon=-84.7605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7391U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7391U-2018-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild Heli-Porter PILATUS PC6/B2-H2 (registry code 3375012, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-heli-porter-pilatus-pc6-b2-h2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6A series (registry code 61508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC6B2H2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050702021959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 7/2/05 N7391U DEPARTED RICHMOND MUNI AIRPORT (RID), INDIANA AT ABOUT 1500 WITH SKYDIVERS ABOARD. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 12500 FEET, PROCEEDED TO A POINT NEARLY OVERHEAD THE RICHMOND AIRPORT AND THE SKYDIVERS DEPARTED. THAT LAST GROUP DEPARTING WAS A STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR IN A TANDEM HARNESS AND A VIDEOGRAPHER. THE AIRCRAFT THEN RETURNED TO THE RICHMOND MUNI AIRPORT. THE VIDEOGRAPHER FILMED THE EXIT FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND INITIAL FREE FALL. THE VIDEO CONTINUES WITH THE VIDEOGRAPHER MANEUVERING ABOVE THE TANDEM SKYDIVERS AS THE TANDEM CHUTE OPENED. THE VIDEOGRAPHER THEN APPEARS TO RAPIDLY APPROACH, STRIKE, AND PASS THROUGH THE TANDEM CANPY ULTIMATELY STRIKING THE INSTRUCTOR. THE VIDEOGRAPHER THEN DEPLOYS HIS PARACHUTE AND LANDS (INDIANA) WITH NUMEROUS BROKEN BONES. THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT LANDED IN PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AND THE STUDENT AND VIDEOGRAPHER WERE TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL WITH INJURIES. THE DECEASED INSTRUCTOR WAS DETERMINED TO BE ^PRIVACY DATA O^. HE HAD OVER 2300 JUMPS, HELD A USPA "D" LICENSE RATING, AND WAS A TANDEM MASTER INSTRUCTOR CERTIFIED BY STRONG ENTERPRISES OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA. HE WAS AFFILIATED WITH SKYDIVE.

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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