# Incident 20060106002139I: Cessna 208, Mokuleia, HI, January 6, 2006 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 6, 2006, 10:30 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: 2 - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060106002139I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-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 WAS OPENED SOMEWHERE AROUND 5,000' AGL. ALL SIGNIFICANT CONTROL INPUTS TO THE CANOPY SEEMED TO DISCONTINUE SOMEWHERE AROUND 1,000' AGL AND THE PARACHUTISTS WERE THEN OBSERVED HEADED DOWNWIND, PARALLEL TO THE BEACH, APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS OFFSHORE WHERE THEY LANDED IN THE SURF LINE. NEITHER THE PARACHUTIST IN COMMAND OR THE PASSENGER PARACHUTIST WAS WEARING A LIFE PRESERVER, FLOTATION EQUIPMENT, OR INFLATABLE WATER GEAR. BOTH PARACHUTISTS WERE FATALLY INJURED DUE TO DROWNING. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO EXAMINE THE PARACHUTE EQUIPMENT AFTER THE INCIDENT BECAUSE RESCUE EFFORTS NECESSITATED REMOVAL OF THE EQUIPMENT FROM THE PARACHUTISTS WHILE IN THE OCEAN. ALTHOUGH SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO RETRIEVE THE EQUIPMENT HIGH SURF CONDITIONS MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE. THE PARACHUTE EQUIPMENT WAS DESTROYED ON THE REEF. FACTUAL INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM RESCUERS WHO ARE ALSO PARACHUTISTS: 1. THE PASSENGER PARACHUTIST WAS ATTACHED TO THE PARACHUTIST IN COMMAND BY THE TOP ATTACHMENT POINTS 2. THE SECURITY PINS WERE IN PLACE AT TH E TOP ATTACHMENT POINTS 3. THE SIDE ATTACHMENT POINTS WERE DISCONNECTED 4. BOTH PARACHUTISTS CHEST STRAPS WERE FASTENED 5. THE RESERVE STATIC LINE WAS STILL CONNECTED 6. THE MAIN PARACHUTE CANOPY STEERING LINES WERE UN-STOWED NAMES OF JUMPERS: WITHHELD, PARACHUTIST IN COMMAND, MALE, AGE 69 WITHHELD, PASSENGER, FEMALE, AGE 33. EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING OF JUMPER (PARACHUTIST IN COMMAND): 10,656 JUMPS. CURRENT WITH REGARDS TO THE TANDEM SYSTEM USED. CLUB AFFILIATION: WORKED AND JUMPED WITH A NON-USPA AFFILIATED ORGANIZATION "SKYDIVE HAWAII". THE TANDEM INSTRUCTOR WAS A CURRENT USPA MEMBER AND TANDEM INSTRUCTOR. DESCRIPTION OF THE PARACHUTES AND THEIR PACKING RECORDS: HARNESS AND CONTAINER - THE UNINSURED RELATIVE WORKSHOP, INC., TANDEM VECTOR II, SIZE TV-13, S/N 22915 MAIN-PERFORMANCE DESIGNS VS-384, LAST PACKED 1/6/06, S/N UNKNOWN RESERVE - PERFORMANCE DESIGNS VR-360, LAST PACKED 9/17/05, S/N 1431 AN AIRTEC GMBH TANDEM CYPRES AAD WAS INSTALLED - S/N 50A0916158C322 30, MFG. 1-97, BATTERIES MFG. DATE UNKNOWN. ## 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 20050206003619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050206003619I), Feb 6, 2005: Cessna 208 (N9454F), Mokuleia, HI, 1 fatal. (-23) Skydive Hawaii fatal parachute jump, February 6, 2005, final report the parachutist exited the aircraft normally at approximately 11,000 AGL. Main… 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. 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