# Incident 20130816016519I: Pacific Aerospace Ltd 750XL, Tecumseh, MI, August 16, 2013 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 16, 2013, 17:00 local time - Place: Tecumseh, MI - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 42.0061° N, 83.9445° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tecumseh, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0061&lon=-83.9445&mi=10 - Aircraft: N750UP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N750UP) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Pacific Aerospace 750XL (registry code 6460300, 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 LTD 750XL - Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-34 - People aboard: 0 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 1 - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130816016519I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED 3TE, TECUMSEH, MI APPROX. 1700 LOCAL. WITH A LOAD OF 14 SKYDIVERS, APPROXIMATELY 400 LBS. OF FUEL. THIS WAS THE 10TH FLIGHT OF THE DAY. AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 FT. AGL, THE ENGINE MADE A COUPLE OF ?SURGES? THEN THE POWER ROLLED BACK TO IDLE. THE PILOT ORDERED THE ABLE JUMPERS TO EXIT. HE CYCLED THE POWER LEVER WITH NO RESULTS, AND THEN FEATHERED THE PROPELLER. 5 SINGLE JUMPERS WERE ABLE TO EXIT. THE REMAINING WERE TANDEM JUMPERS, AND THE ALTITUDE WAS TOO LOW FOR THEM TO EXIT. THE JUMP INSTRUCTORS TOLD THEM EXITING JUMPERS TO ?EXIT ON RESERVE?. ONE JUMP INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT ONE OF THE SINGLE JUMPERS DEPLOYED HIS MAIN CHUTE, HAD SNIVELING LINE TWISTS?, THEN HIS AAD FIRED AND THE RESERVE CHUTE DEPLOYED. HE DESCENDED UNDER TWO CANOPIES, IN A DOWNPLANE, INTO THE TREES. HE SUSTAINED BACK INJURIES AND WAS MEDEVAC?D FROM THE SCENE. THIS WAS HIS 3RD JUMP OF THE DAY. HE IS A STUDENT JUMPER WITH ONLY 12 TOTAL JUMPS. AFTER THE JUMPERS EXITED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE WAS AT 50% NG. HE EXECUTED PRECAUTIONARY ENGINE RESTART PROCEDURES (IGNITERS, FUEL PUMP, AND FUEL VALVE ON), UNFEATHERED THE PROP, AND UNSECURED THE EMERGENCY POWER LEVER AND LOOKED FOR A SUITABLE LANDING FIELD. THE EMERGENCY POWER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN APPROXIMATELY 500 FT. AGL. HE FLEW APPROX. 1 MILE TO A PRIVATE STRIP, PAVED STRIP AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING. AFTER LANDING ENGINE RUNS CONFIRMED THE FAULTS. FUEL QUANTITY AND VISUALLY VERIFIED BY THE PILOT AND AIRFIELD OWNER. IIC CONFIRMED A FUEL LOAD OF APPROXIMATELY 328 LBS. ON 8/20/2013 THE FUEL CONTROL UNIT AND FUEL PUMP INTERMEDIATE DRIVE SHAFT WERE REPLACED ON AUG. 22 2013. REPAIR FACILITY WAS CONTACTED FOR A COPY THE FCU TEAR DOWN REPORT. THE INJURED JUMPER?S MAIN CHUTE WAS A SOLO 230; RESERVE CHUTE WAS A SMART 220. ## Other reports on N750UP (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20170828010509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170828010509A), Aug 28, 2017: Pacific Aerospace Ltd 750XL (N750UP), Harvest, AL, Substantial damage. 08/28/2017, Aircraft, N750UP was a single pilot aircraft that took off from penridge, pa (ckz) airport at 0730, enroute Huntsville, AL (hsv). At aproximately… 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.