# Incident 20090913018499I: Beech 200BEECH, Lodi, CA, September 13, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2009, 12:50 local time
- Place: Lodi, CA
- Airport: Lodi
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2024° N, 121.2691° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LODI (1O3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2024&lon=-121.2691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N912LD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N912LD-2016-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (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 200BEECH
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090913018499I

## Narrative

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

AT ABOUT 1245 PM PDT, PARTICIPANTS OF AN 8-WAY CANOPY FORMATON TEAM EXITED THE KING AIR 200 OPERATED OUT OF THE PARACHUTE CENTER IN ACAMPO, CA AT 8000 FT AGL.  DEPLOYMENT WAS NORMAL FOR ALL EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE TEAM AND AN ADDITIONAL CAMERAMAN VIDEOTAPING THE DIVE FOR CRITQUING PURPOSES.  THE FORMATION WAS NEARING COMPLETION WITH ALL PARTICIPANTS DOCKED, EXCEPT FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AT 6000 FT AGL.  AS HE APPROACHED HIS PARACHUTE WAS UNABLE TO LOCK IN BETWEEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND EVENTUALLY FLEW SLIGHTLY IN FRONT OF THE FORMATION AND CAME AROUND WITH THE FABRIC OF HIS PARACHUTE ENTANGLING THE BODY OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  AFTER A BRIEF TIME (1-2 SECONDS), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PARACHUTE SLID OFF OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ENTANGLED WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PARACHUTE, THIS ACTION CAUSED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WILLIAM MERSHON^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^MR. BIGLEY^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUCCUMBED TO HER INJURIES EN ROUTE TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL.

## Other reports on N912LD (1)

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

- [Incident 20140429007289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140429007289I), Apr 29, 2014: Beech 200 (N912LD), Acampo, CA, No damage, 1 fatal. Two skydivers: timothy dutton and [privacy data omitted] exited the jump aircraft. After exiting the aircraft both individuals separated in the air. While…

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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