# Incident 20110325012639I: Beech C90, Williamstown, NJ, March 25, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2011, 16:25 local time
- Place: Williamstown, NJ
- Airport: Cross Keys
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 39.7055° N, 75.0330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROSS KEYS (17N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7055&lon=-75.0330&mi=10
- Aircraft: N660GW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N660GW-2018-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90 (registry code 1152913, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110325012639I

## Narrative

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

JUMPER #1 NAME: CARTER SCOTT SHIELDS. TRAINING: UNITED STATES PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION (USPA) INTEGRATED STUDENT PROGRAM. EXPERIENCE: 78 JUMPS, USPA "A" LICENSE.  CLUB AFFILIATION: FREEFALL ADVENTURES INC. 300 DAHLIA AVE. WILLIAMSTOWN, NJ 08094 PARACHUTE: PERFORMANCE DESIGNS, INC.                        MODEL: OPTIMUM 235, P/N OP0235P01, SERIAL # 004025, MFG DATE 01/2011, MEETS TSO C23D. THE PACKING RECORD OF THIS RESERVE PARACHUTE INDICATES A PACK DATE OF 02/23/2011, PACKED BY MASTER RIGGER CERTIFICATE #^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SEAL # OX8.  JUMPER #1 EXITED THE JUMP AIRCRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 13000 FEET, WITH JUMPER #2. THE TWO JUMPERS WERE FREEFALLING TOGETHER, HOLDING ON TO EACH OTHERS SLEEVES; AT APPROXIMATELY 7000 FEET  JUMPER # 1 AND JUMPER # 2 SEPERATED.  JUMPER # 2 DEPLOYED HIS MAIN PARACHUTE AT APPROXIMATELY 4000 FEET, AND LOST SIGHT OF JUMPER # 1. THE MAIN PARACHUTE WORN BY JUMPER # 1 WAS NOT DEPLOYED. THE RESERVE PARACHUTE WORN BY JUMPER # 1 WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICE, WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE WORKED NORMALLY. THE RESERVE PARACHUTE WORN BY JUMPER # 1 DID NOT APPEAR TO COMPLETELY OPEN BEFORE JUMPER # 1 IMPACTED THE GROUND. JUMPER # 1 RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE EQUIPMENT WORN BY JUMPER # 1 WAS INSPECTED BY THE FAA AND A THIRD PARTY WHO INDICATED THAT THE AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICE HAD WORKED NORMALLY AND THE RESERVE PARACHUTE PILOT CHUTE, CANOPY AND LINES WERE COMPLETELY WITHDRAWN FROM THE CONTAINER. THE MAIN PARACHUTE PILOT CHUTE, CANOPY AND LINES WERE STILL IN THE CONTAINER. THE HAND DEPLOYED PILOT CHUTE FOR THE MAIN PARACHUTE WAS EASILY PULLED OUT FROM THE POCKET.

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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