# Accident 20060822018739A: Beech 99, Acampo, CA, August 22, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2006, 12:00 local time
- Place: Acampo, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2042° N, 121.2700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2042&lon=-121.2700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N205TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N205TC-2011-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 99 (registry code 1154002, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-99) (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 99
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A28
- People aboard: 13
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06CA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA285) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060822018739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PARACHUTIST, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STRUCK THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF THE AIRCRAFT WHEN HE INTENTIONALLY DEPARTED THE AFT LEFT DOOR EXIT. THE IMPACT RENDERED ^PRIVACY DA^ UNCONSCIOUS. CONTINUING TO FREE FALL, THE AUTOMATIC DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM FIRED (CYPRESS) ON THE RESERVE PARACHUTE, AND HE LANDED UNDER A NORMAL PARACHUTE CANOPY IN A SMALL CLEARING NEAR THE AIRPORT. ^PRIVACY DA^ WAS AIR LEFT TRANSPORTED TO UC DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER AND IS RECOVERING FROM THE INJURIES SUSTAINED. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION DETERMINED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER UPGRADING THIS REPORT FROM AN INCIDENT TO AN ACCIDENT.

## 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 LAX06CA285](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA285), Aug 22, 2006: Beech 99 (N205TC), Lodi, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the skydiver to correctly follow procedures and directives on exiting the airplane properly, which resulted in his collision with the horizontal stabilizer.

## Other reports on N205TC (3)

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

- [Incident 19941207045449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941207045449I), Dec 7, 1994: Beech 99 (N205TC), Grand Junction, CO, Minor damage. Pilot reported left brake locked. Forced aircraft off taxiway during turn onto runway. No cause lockup found.
- [Incident 19880911058109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880911058109I), Sep 11, 1988: Beech 99 (N205TC), Rochester, NY. Requested emergency landing due to engine problem. Landed without incident. Failed to record in logbook.
- [Incident 19850123002649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850123002649I), Jan 23, 1985: Beech 99 (N205TC), Rochester, NY. Severe shimmy on landing. Right torque link bolt separated causing vibration.

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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