# Incident 20130508024379I: Pacific Aerospace Corp Ltd 750XL, Deland, FL, May 8, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2013, 17:30 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor Fi
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0670° N, 81.2838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAND MUNI-SIDNEY H TAYLOR FLD (DED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0670&lon=-81.2838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N820AB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N820AB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pacific Aerospace 750XL (registry code 05617YD, https://openairdocs.org/model/pacific-aerospace-750xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34 series (registry code 52250, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PACIFIC AEROSPACE CORP LTD 750XL
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-34
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130508024379I

## Narrative

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

THREE SKYDIVERS PERFORMED A SUCCESSFUL THREE-WAY SKYDIVE EVENT FROM AIRCRAFT N820AB OPERATED BY SKYDIVE DELAND INC. AT APPROXIMATELY 4000 FEET ABOVE GROUND, THE THREE DIVERS BROKE THEIR FORMATION AND SEPARATED. MR. ROSELL EXPERIENCED SOME PROBLEM WITH HIS MAIN PARACHUTE AS HE RELEASED HIS MAIN PARACHUTE. AFTER SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYING HIS EMERGENCY PARACHUTE HE STRUCK THE GROUND AT A HIGH RATE OF DECENT CAUSING HIM FATAL INJURIES.

NAME OF VICTIM: ROSELL, SANTIAGO P.

EXPERIENCE: DOCUMENTED OVER 400 JUMPS

CLUB AFFILIATION: NO CLUB AFFILIATION, FREE LANCE JUMPING FROM SKYDIVE IN DELAND FLORIDA

DESCRIPTION OF PARACHUTES:

MAIN PARACHUTE: AERO TECH PRODUCT

MODEL: APACHE 150

P/N: AP 150

S/N: 000206

DATE MANUFACTURE: 11/2012

MAIN PARACHUTE CUT AWAY HANDLE:

MIRAGE SYSTEMS

RESERVE PARACHUTE: PERFORMANCE DESIGN, DELAND FLORIDA

MODEL: PR 176

P/N: PD 176R

S/N: PR 176-021191

DATE MANUFACTURE: 02/2000

DATE LAST INSPECTION: 12/2012

RESERVE PARACHUTE RIP CORD HANDLE:

P/N: ARC 10003-27

S/N: 71804-99-2

## Other reports on N820AB (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20170711012309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170711012309I), Jul 11, 2017: Pacific Aerospace Corp Ltd 750XL (N820AB), Deland, FL, No damage. Skydiver rendered deceased upon landing due to failure to deploy parachute. Upon inspection, no mechanical or operational abnormalities were noted. Name:…
- [Incident 20150709011509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150709011509I), Jul 9, 2015: Pacific Aerospace Corp Ltd 750XL (N820AB), Deland, FL, Minor damage. Upon initial climb out from ded airport at about 400 to 500 feet and about 90 knots pilot heard a loud bang coming from the engine and the propeller…
- [Accident 20080327837069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080327837069A), Mar 27, 2008: Pac 750XL (N820AB), Deland, FL, No damage, 1 fatal. (-23)On March 27, 2008, at the Deland muncipal airport, Deland, Florida, skydiver [privacy data omitted] from montreal, Canada, was severely injured after…

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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