# Accident 20080419832129A: Cessna P206, Mount Vernon, MO, April 19, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 2008, 16:15 local time
- Place: Mount Vernon, MO
- Airport: Mount Vernon Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0692° N, 93.8858° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0692&lon=-93.8858&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2537X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2537X-2012-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P206 (registry code 2073304, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P206
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 10 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08FA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080419832129A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A PARACHUTE JUMP OPERATION AT THE MT. VERNON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (2MO), MT. VERNON, MO, AN AIRPLANE CARRYING THE PILOT AND 6 FEMALE JUMPERS CLIMBED TO 11,600 FEET MSL. THE FOUR JUMPERS WHO SURVIVED REPORTED HEARING AN INTERMITTENT BUZZING SOUND (STALL WARNING) BOTH DURING THE CLIMB AND AFTER LEVELING OFF AT THE JUMP ALTITUDE. AFTER THE LEAD JUMPER OPENED THE DOOR, SHE REALIZED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS NORTH OF THE DROP ZONE AND SIGNALED FOR THE PILOT TO TURN THE AIRPLANE AROUND. AFTER THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A RIGHT TURN, THE SURVIVING JUMPERS AGAIN REPORTED HEARING THE BUZZING SOUND AS THE AIRPLANE ROLLED INVERTED AND BEGAN TO SPIN NOSE DOWN TO THE RIGHT. AT APPROXIMATELY 5,500 FEET MSL, THREE OF THE JUMPERS WERE ABLE TO SAFELY EXIT THE AIRCRAFT AS THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO SPIN TOWARD THE GROUND. A FOURTH JUMPER WAS STRUCK BY A PORTION OF THE AIRPLANE AND SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEG UPON EXIT. ALL FOUR JUMPERS LANDED SAFELY. AT APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FEET MSL, THE RESERVE PARACHUTE OF ANOTHER JUMPER AUTOMATICALLY DEPLOYED AS SHE WAS EXITING THE AIRCRAFT AND BECAME ENTANGLED ON THE TAIL SECTION. SHE ALONG WITH ANOTHER JUMPER WHO DID NOT EXIT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 DEN08FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08FA078), Apr 19, 2008: Cessna P206 (N2537X), Mount Vernon, MO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed, resulting in an inadvertent stall/spin. Contributing factors in this accident were the entanglement of the parachute in the elevator control system,…

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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