# Accident 20130816018009A: Cessna 206, Brooklyn, IA, August 16, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2013, 17:30 local time
- Place: Brooklyn, IA
- Airport: Skydive Iowa Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7456° N, 92.4092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7456&lon=-92.4092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2070K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2070K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 206 (registry code 2073302, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 335 total, 136 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA500](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA500) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130816018009A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS CONFIGURED FOR PARACHUTE OPERATIONS  DEPARTED THE BROOKLYN, IOWA AIRPORT WITH ONE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER TO REPOSITION AIRCRAFT TO GRINNELL, IA FOR MAINTENANCE. BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE WEARING PARACHUTES ACCORDING TO COMPANY POLICY. THE PILOT OCCUPIED THE  LEFT FRONT SEAT AND WAS SECURED WITH A NORMAL SEAT BELT ARRANGEMENT.  THE PASSENGER WAS SEATED ON THE FLOOR FACING AFT BEHIND THE PILOT SECURED WITH A SINGLE ATTACHMENT SEATBELT NORMALLY USED DURING PARACHUTE OPERATIONS.  DURING CLIMBOUT, PASSENGER ATTEMPTED TO MOVE FROM  THE POSITION OCCUPIED DURING TAKEOFF TO A POSITION ADJACENT TO THE PILOT. DURING THE MOVE THE PASSENGER INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED THE EMERGENCY PARACHUTE INSIDE THE AIRCRAFT. BEING CONFIGURED FOR PARACHUTE OPERATIONS THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT AFT DOOR INSTALLED; AIRFLOW THROUGH THE OPEN DOORWAY OF THE AIRCRAFT PULLED THE PARACHUTE OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT, PULLING THE PASSENGER WITH IT.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PASSENGER HAD INADVERTENTLY PUT THE SAFETY BELT THROUGH THE THE EMERGENCY PARACHUTE D-RING HANDLE INSTEAD OF THROUGH HIS PARACHUTE HARNESS AS IS THE NORMAL PROCEDURE.  WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE IN THE CABIN THE SEATBELT PULLED THE D- RING. DURING THE FORCIBLE EGRESS FROM THE AIRCRAFT THE PASSENGER WAS PULLED FROM THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINING HEAD INJURIES ON THE REAR DOORJAMB OF THE OPEN DOORWAY. THE PARACHUTE WAS TEMPORARILY ENTANGLED ON THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF THE AIRCRAFT REQUIRING THE PILOT TO HAVE TO FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PARACHUTE WORKED ITSELF FREE. THE PASSENGER DESCENDED TO THE GROUND UNDER FULL CANOPY.  THE PASSENGER'S INJURIES WERE FATAL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN13LA500](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA500), Aug 16, 2013: Cessna 206 (N2070K), Brooklyn, IA, minor damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The improper routing of the seatbelt, which resulted in the inadvertent deployment of the reserve parachute, and the open jump door, which allowed the passenger to be pulled from the airplane.

## Other reports on N2070K (2)

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

- [Incident 20090627011309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090627011309I), Jun 27, 2009: Cessna 206 (N2070K), Brooklyn, IA, No damage. (-23) Shortly after take-off, while climbing through two thousand feet, the engine "popped", began vibrating, and losing power. Pilot initiated an immediate…
- [Accident 19910829037459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910829037459A), Aug 29, 1991: Cessna 206CESSNA (N2070K), Kelly River, AK, Substantial damage. Landed on a sand bar strip. Struck a ditch and nosed over.

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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