# Incident 20081025852069I: Pac 750XL, Minden, NV, October 25, 2008 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 25, 2008, 11:32 local time - Place: Minden, NV - Airport: Minden-Tahoe - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Other, Specify - Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105) - Location: 39.0005° N, 119.7511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINDEN-TAHOE (MEV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0005&lon=-119.7511&mi=10 - Aircraft: N750SN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N750SN) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Pacific Aerospace 750XL (registry code 05617YD, https://openairdocs.org/model/pacific-aerospace-750xl) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A-34 series (registry code 52143, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-34-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PAC 750XL - People aboard: 9 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 2,576 total, 63 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081025852069I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) NINE JUMPERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AT FLIGHT LEVEL 170. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE NINTH JUMPER ANE EXITED THE AIRCRAFT 1.6 MILES UPWIND. THE PARACHUTE OPENED NORMALLY AT APPROXIMATELY 3,000 FEET AGL. AT LOW ALTITUDE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OBSERVED MAKING A SERIES OF TURNS WITH THE LAST TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AGL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COLLIDED WITH A METAL PIPE THAT WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY .7 MILES UPWIND OF THE LANDING SITE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS A TOTAL OF 160 JUMPS AND ONE YEAR IN THE SPORT. SHE HAS HAD 80 JUMPS IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOLDS A GERMAN LICENSE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. SHE ENROLLED, PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, IN THE ONE-MONTH TEMPORARY INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM OFFERED BY THE US PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HARNESS AND CONTAINER SYSTEM WAS MANUFACTURED BY PERFORMANCE VARIABLE, MODEL OMEGA. THE MAIN CANOPY WAS A CAYENNE 150 AND THE RESERVE CANOPY WAS A QUICK 180. THE MAIN CANOPY WAS PACKED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE DAY BEFORE THE INCIDENT. THE RESERVE WAS PACKED ON 09/18/2008, BY A FOREIGN RIGGER CERTIFICATE NR DFV-5289. ## Other reports on N750SN (6) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20151011022409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151011022409I), Oct 11, 2015: Pacific Aerospace Corp Ltd 750XL (N750SN), Tres Pinos, CA, No damage, 1 fatal. A skydiver parachute failed to fully deployed on descent that resulted in a fatal injury. Witnesses reported a loud popping cannon type sound during the moment… - [Incident 20131020023829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131020023829I), Oct 20, 2013: Pacific Aerospace Corp Ltd 750XL (N750SN), No damage. Parachutest jumped from aircraft and the event was uneventful until parachutist landed on the taxi way on the airport. We were told that the parachutist broke… - [Incident 20130525021439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130525021439I), May 25, 2013: Pacific Aerospace Corp Ltd 750XL (N750SN), Cloverdale, CA, No damage. At approximately 11,000 feet aircraft engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion. Pilot informed parachutists to exit aircraft. Parachutists were able to exit… - [Incident 20110617017139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110617017139I), Jun 17, 2011: Pacific Aerospace Corp Ltd 750XL (N750SN), Hollister, CA, No damage, 1 fatal. A female parachute jumper appeared to have lost control as she approached the landing zone after having a successful deployment of the parachute. She suffered… - [Incident 20090321003449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090321003449I), Mar 21, 2009: Pac 750XL (N750SN), Minden, NV, No damage. (-23) Parachutist [privacy data omitted] departed the aircraft at FL175. At about 5,000, AGL a fully functional main canopy was deployed. The jumper believed… - [Incident 20090131006989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090131006989I), Jan 31, 2009: Pac 750XL (N750SN), Hollister, CA, No damage, 1 fatal. (-23) A female parachutist appear to have lost control while in a right hand spiral at approximtely 3000 ft and impacted the ground in an open field 7 miles… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.