# Accident 20080621838919A: Beech B99, Bowling Green, MO, June 21, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2008, 17:00 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, MO
- Airport: Bowling Green Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3697° N, 91.2192° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3697&lon=-91.2192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99NN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B99
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080621838919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N99NN WAS IN CRUISE WHEN TWO PARACHUTE JUMPERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE INTENDED EXIT POSITION.  A SIGNALING DEVICE (RED & GREEN LIGHT) IS INSTALLED ON THE AIRCRAFT.  THE RED LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT HAS REACHED THE PROPER EXIT ALTITUDE AND POSITION. THEN THE RED LIGHT IS EXTINGUISHED AND THE GREEN LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED.  WHEN THE GREEN LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED, JUMPERS MAY EXIT THE AIRCRAFT.  TWO JUMPERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE GREEN LIGHT SIGNAL.  THE FIRST JUMPER EXITED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  THE SECOND JUMPER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO HIT THE LEFT HAND LEADING EDGE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WITH HIS HEAD.  HE WAS DESCRIBED AS CURLING UP INO A BALL AFTER HE WAS STRUCK IN THE HEAD.  PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT WAS NOT OBSERVED BY ANYONE IN THE AIRCRAFT OR ON THE GROUND.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND DESCRIBED A BUMP IN FLIGHT CONTROL AND ASKED WHAT HAPPENED.  HE WAS INFORMED THAT TWO JUMPERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND ONE HIT THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.  THE PIC NOTIFIED AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, ABORTED THE FLIGHT AND RETURNED TO BOWLING GREEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  A SEARCH ENSUED AND 1 1/2 HOURS LATER, THE DECEASED WAS LOCATED A HALF OF A MILE OFF OF THE END OF THE RUNWAY IN A WOODED AREA.

## 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 DFW08LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08LA166), Jun 21, 2008: Beech 99 (N99NN), Bowling Green, MO, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The parachutist's failure to follow procedures/directives by not waiting to jump until the green jump light was illuminated, resulting in his collision with the airplane's tail. Contributing to the…

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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