# Accident 20060722016499A: Beech 65A90, Longmont, CO, July 22, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2006, 13:45 local time
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Airport: Vance Brand Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 40.1644° N, 105.1636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VANCE BRAND (LMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1644&lon=-105.1636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66GS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66GS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-A90 (registry code 1152908, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-a90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP (registry code 61501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 65A90
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060722016499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) SKYDIVER WAS COMPETING IN AN EVENT REFERRED TO AS SWOOPING. FOR REASONS UNKNOWN HER MAIN PARACHUTE DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. SKYDIVER RELEASED THE MAIN CANOPY AND DEPLOYED THE RESERVE PARACHUTE. FROM THE READOUT OF THE SKYDIVERS DIGITAL ALTIMETER THE BAIL OUT ALTITUDE WAS 6400 FT MSL, WITH THE RESERVE OPENING AT 4300 FT MSL. THE RESERVE CANOPY DID DEPLOY BUT NOT PROPERLY. UPON OPENING THE RESERVE HAD SOME NUMBER OF LINES BECOME ENTANGLED IN WHAT IS KNOWN AS A TENSION KNOT. THIS WAS COMMUNICATED BY THE SKYDIVER TO THE FIRST ON THE ACCIDENT SCENE. SKYDIVER CONTINUED TO DESCEND AT A HIGHER THAN NORMAL RATE DUE TO THE MALFUNCTION COMBINED WITH HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDES OF 8500-8700 FEET AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. SKYDIVER IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 MILES FROM THE LONGMONT AIRPORT. ^PRIVACY DATA O^ WAS A VERY EXPERIENCED SKYDIVER WITH MANY THOUSANDS OF JUMPS. SHE WAS PART OF THE "PRO SWOOPING TOUR" OF PROFESSIONAL SKYDIVERS THAT GO AROUND THE USA COMPETING IN THESE EVENTS. MAIN CANOPY: ICARUS EXTREME VX (79 CU FT). RESERVE: AERODYNE SMART 110 (110 CU FT) PACKED 6-10-06.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N66GS (1)

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

- [Incident 19831111073929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831111073929I), Nov 11, 1983: Beech 65A90 (N66GS), Miami, FL, Minor damage. Both props hit the runway on level off for landing due to late gear extension. Went around and made normal landing.

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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