# Incident 20111009025489I: Cessna U206B, Mesquite, NV, October 9, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2011, 11:57 local time
- Place: Mesquite, NV
- Airport: Mesquite Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 36.8331° N, 114.0559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MESQUITE (67L), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8331&lon=-114.0559&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3896G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3896G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206B (registry code 2073322, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111009025489I

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS A TANDEM PARACHUTE SKYDIVING INCIDENT INVOLVING TWO FATALITIES. THE INVESTIGATION WAS DONE BY THE LAS VEGAS FSDO. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A SKYDIVING SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, SIMON WADE, IT WAS DETERMINED THE MAIN PARACHUTE FAILED TO DEPLOY AND OPEN PROPERLY.IT IS POSSIBLE THE TANDEM INSTRUCTOR MAY THEN HAVE FAILED TO PROPERLY USE THE RESERVE PARACHUTE SYSTEM. THIS CAN NOT BE VERIFIED. THE RESERVE PARACHUTE WRAPPED AROUND THE MALFUNCTIONING MAIN PARACHUTE. BOTH THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT DIED AS A RESULT OF GROUND CONTACT.

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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