# Incident 20120807020519I: Cessna 208, Mokuleia, HI, August 7, 2012 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 7, 2012, 09:00 local time - Place: Mokuleia, HI - Airport: Dillingham - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Climb - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - 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: N9454F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9454F) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 208 (registry code 2073702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 208 - Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A - People aboard: 11 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120807020519I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^SAID THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAY. THE RUN UP WAS NORMAL. THERE WERE 12 JUMPERS ON BOARD. AT 4000' ON THE CLIMB OUT 2 JUMPERS WERE LET OUT OF THE AIR PLANE IN A " HOP AND POP " 20 SECONDS AFTER POWERING BACK UP AND CLIMBING ANOTHER 1000' THE ENGINE MADE A LOUD BANG AT 5000' IN THE CLIMB AND WAS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A POWER LOSS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^THEN INITIALLY PITCHED FOR THE BEST GLIDE SPEED AND TURNED TO THE FIELD (HDH). AFTER RUNNING THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TURNED OFF THE FUEL CONDITION LEVER.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THAT HE TOLD THE JUMPERS TO STAY INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT BECAUSE THEY WERE TO FAR OFFSHORE FOR THE JUMPERS TO MAKE IT TO THE SHORELINE IF THEY HAD JUMPED AND HE DID NOT WANT THE JUMPERS TO GET IN THE WAY OF HIS APPROACH PATH. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN MADE THE SAME APPROACH THAT HE ALWAYS MAKES AFTER DROPPING JUMPERS BUT THIS TIME IT WAS FROM A SLIGHTLY LOWER ALTITUDE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THAT HE WAS VERY CONFIDENT THAT HE COULD MAKE THE RUNWAY AS HE HAS CONDUCTED THIS APPROACH MANY TIME BEFORE ON A DAILY BASIS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS GIVEN AN INFORMAL ACTION IN THE FORM OF AIRMEN COUNSELING. ## Other reports on N9454F (4) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20130723014209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130723014209I), Jul 23, 2013: Cessna 208 (N9454F), Mokuleia, HI, Minor damage, 1 fatal. Parachutist struck the horizontal stabilizer with his head and knocked unconscious on exit from aircraft while attempting to perform a hop and pop parachute… - [Incident 20091012024169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091012024169I), Oct 12, 2009: Cessna 208 (N9454F), Mokuleia, HI, No damage, 1 fatal. On October 12, 2009, at approximately 1230 HST, a 27-year-OLD male parachutist was fattally injured in the vicinity of Dillingham Airfield in Mokuleia, HI.… - [Incident 20060106002139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060106002139I), Jan 6, 2006: Cessna 208 (N9454F), Mokuleia, HI, 2 fatal. (-23) [privacy data omitted] 1/6/06 - numerous eyewitnesses to this incident stated that they observed the tandem pair under a good main parachute canopy which… - [Incident 20050206003619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050206003619I), Feb 6, 2005: Cessna 208 (N9454F), Mokuleia, HI, 1 fatal. (-23) Skydive Hawaii fatal parachute jump, February 6, 2005, final report the parachutist exited the aircraft normally at approximately 11,000 AGL. Main… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.