# Incident 20090321003449I: Pac 750XL, Minden, NV, March 21, 2009 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 21, 2009, 09:30 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: 6 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 2,677 total, 85 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090321003449I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-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 THAT UPON LANDING HE WAS GOING TO STRIKE A BARB WIRE FENCE AND INITIATED A TURN. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS OBSERVED STRIKING THE GROUND IN A SIDEWAYS AND SLIDING MANNER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS BEEN A PARACHUTIST FOR ONE YEAR AND HAS ACCUMULATED 35 JUMPS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS AFFILIATED WITH SKYDIVE TAHOE AND HOLDS AN "A" LICENSE. MAIN CANOPY: PERFORMANCE DESIGN, SABER 150 SQ/FT MAIN WAS PACKED BY THE JUMPER ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT. RESERVE CANOPY: PERFORMANCE DESIGN, PD 143 SQ/FT. RESERVE WAS PACKED ON JUNE 05, 2009, BY RIGGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ## 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 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… - [Incident 20081025852069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081025852069I), Oct 25, 2008: Pac 750XL (N750SN), Minden, NV, No damage. (-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… 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.