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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Beech 99A · Acampo, CA · April 5, 2012

Date: April 5, 2012 · 13:30 local
Place: Acampo, CA
Airport: Lodi
Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N126WD
Reported as: Beech 99A
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6SER TP
People aboard: 17
Fatal injuries: 1
Other injuries: 0

N126WDRegistration cancelled Sep 5, 2012 · Beech 99AS/N U126 · Built 1969 Airframe modelBeech 99A Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6SER TPTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Fatalty due to impact with ground. Witnesses reported jumper appeared normal during freefall and was able to deploy his parachute. Witness video shows parachutist incapacitated under a fast spinning main parachute up into impact with ground. Jumper name: william lowndes calhoun iii. Experience & training: holder of uspa master rating license # D-19615.1650 total jumps on record with uspa. Club affiliation /drop zone affiliation: Lodi parachute center. Parachute system: main canopy: performance design, spectre 170, p/n SP0170P04.harness /container: fliteline systems inc., reflex p/n RA01-1( ).reserve canopy: precision aerodynamics, inc., microraven 150-M, S/N54733133,

As the FAA filed it

FATALTY DUE TO IMPACT WITH GROUND.WITNESSES REPORTED JUMPER APPEARED NORMAL DURING FREEFALL AND WAS ABLE TO DEPLOY HIS PARACHUTE.WITNESS VIDEO SHOWS PARACHUTIST INCAPACITATED UNDER A FAST SPINNING MAIN PARACHUTE UP INTO IMPACT WITH GROUND. JUMPER NAME: WILLIAM LOWNDES CALHOUN III.EXPERIENCE & TRAINING: HOLDER OF USPA MASTER RATING LICENSE # D-19615.1650 TOTAL JUMPS ON RECORD WITH USPA. CLUB AFFILIATION /DROP ZONE AFFILIATION: LODI PARACHUTE CENTER.PARACHUTE SYSTEM: MAIN CANOPY: PERFORMANCE DESIGN, SPECTRE 170, P/N SP0170P04.HARNESS /CONTAINER: FLITELINE SYSTEMS INC., REFLEX P/N RA01-1( ).RESERVE CANOPY: PRECISION AERODYNAMICS, INC., MICRORAVEN 150-M, S/N54733133,