# Incident 20110710016559I: Cessna 208B, Mokuleia, HI, July 10, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2011, 08:45 local time
- Place: Mokuleia, HI
- Airport: Dillingham Airfield
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 21.5794° N, 158.1718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mokuleia, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.5794&lon=-158.1718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N248PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N248PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110710016559I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 10, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 HST, A 40-YEAR-OLD MALE PARACHUTIST WAS FATALLY INJURED IN THE VICINITY OF DILLINGHAM AIRFIELD IN MOKULEIA, HI. WITNESSES STATED, AND VIDEO SHOWED, THAT THE PARACHUTIST DEPARTED A CESSNA 208 AIRCRAFT FROM APPROXIMATELY 14,800 FEET WITH APPROXIMATELY 12 OTHER PARACHUTISTS. SOMEWHERE AROUND 6,000 FEET THE PARACHUTIST COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER PARACHUTIST WHICH RENDERED HIM INCAPACITATED. VIDEO SHOWED THAT NO EFFORT TO TRY TO ACTIVATE HIS PARACHUTE WAS MADE AND HE SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED THE GROUND.1. NAME - WHITE, ASHLEY JAY2. EXPERIENCE - SENIOR PARACHUTE RIGGER WITH APPROX. 12500 JUMPS. CERTIFIED AFF INSTRUCTOR.3. CLUB - USPA MEMBER FOR 10 YEARS.4. MAIN PARACHUTE - PERFORMANCE DESIGNS MODEL VELOCITY 79, P/N VE0079P01, S/N VE079-000379, DATE OF MANUFACTURE 07/1999.RESERVE PARACHUTE - PERFORMANCE DESIGNS MODEL PD-113R, P/N PD113R, S/N 113R10490, DATE OF MANUFACTURE 4/1996, MANUFACTURED UNDER FAA TSO C23D. JAVELIN HARNESS CONTAINER MODEL RSK, P/N 101B-15, S/N 28493, DATE OF MANUFACTURE 5/2005, MANUFACTURED UNDER FAA TSO C23D.CONDITION OF EQUIPMENT - PARACHUTES WERE PACKED UPON FAA INSPECITON. UNPACKED PARACHUTES AND INSPECTED BY TWO FAA INSPECTORS WHO ARE ALSO FAA CERTIFICATED PARACHUTE RIGGERS. PARACHUTES WERE IN OVERALL GOOD CONDITION WITH NO INDICATIONS OTHER THAN NORMAL WEAR AND USAGE, HOWEVER THE REQUIRED 180 DAY INSPECTION FOR THE RESERVE PARACHUTE HAD NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED ACCORDING TO THE RESERVE PARACHUTE PACKING DATA CARD. THE LAST DOCUMENTED INSPECTION WAS JANUARY 3, 2010. NO AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICE (AAD) WAS INSTALLED.

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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