# Incident 20110302002959I: Cessna 208B, Rosharon, TX, March 2, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 2011, 11:46 local time
- Place: Rosharon, TX
- Airport: Bb Airpark
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 29.3569° N, 95.4594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BB AIRPARK (TE88), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3569&lon=-95.4594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1293E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1293E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-45 (registry code 52105, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-45) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110302002959I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 2, 2011 TWO SKYDIVERS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HAD A MIDAIR COLLISION UNDER CANOPY AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. THE MIDAIR COLLISION RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES TO BOTH SKYDIVERS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE BOTH AFFILIATED WITH SKYDIVE SPACELAND LOCATED IN ROSHARON, TEXAS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED 21 JUMPS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. HE HAD COMPLETED HIS TRAINING AT SKYDIVE SPACELAND. HE WAS USING A MIRAGE RTS CONTAINER AND HARNESS SERIAL # 5333 WITH A MANUFACTURE DATE OF 04/2004. THE RESERVE CANOPY WAS A PD PR235 SERIAL # 29897 WITH A MANUFACTURE DATE OF 08/2003. THIS CHUTE WAS PACKED ON 01/30/2011 IN ROSHARON, TEXAS BY SENIOR RIGGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD COMPLETED 23 JUMPS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. HE COMPLETED HIS TRAINING AT SKYDIVE SPACELAND. HE WAS USING A JAVELIN STUDENT ODYSSEY CONTAINER AND HARNESS SERIAL # 35900 WITH A MANUFACTURE DATE OF 07/2010. HIS RESERVE CANOPY WAS A PDR-281 SERIAL # 46263 WITH A MANUFACTURE DATE OF 06/2010. THIS CHUTE WAS PACKED ON 11/18/2010 IN ROSHARON, TEXAS BY SENIOR RIGGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## Other reports on N1293E (1)

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

- [Incident 20160423003859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160423003859I), Apr 23, 2016: Cessna 208B (N1293E), Clewiston, FL, No damage. [privacy data omitted] Is a sport skydiver with 491 jumps with 4 hours and 48 minutes of free fall time logged. His skydivers license is a class "e" license…

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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