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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · Davis, CA · August 24, 2013

Date
August 24, 2013 · 18:00 local
Place
Davis, CA
Airport
Yolo County-Davis/Woodland/Win
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N850SD
Reported as
Cessna 208B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

At approximately 1730 hours PDT.

A male sport parachutist boarded a Cessna 208 caravan modified into a jump plane. After the aircraft reached the jump altitude then all the jumpers on that load exited the aircraft uneventfully.

After a sky dive free-fall the jumper's main canopy was opened to a good chute. Moments later the jumper fall out of the rig harness at approximately 2000 feet.

The jumper was fatally injured after contacting the ground.

As the FAA filed it

AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 HOURS PDT.

A MALE SPORT PARACHUTIST BOARDED A CESSNA 208 CARAVAN MODIFIED INTO A JUMP PLANE. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT REACHED THE JUMP ALTITUDE THEN ALL THE JUMPERS ON THAT LOAD EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNEVENTFULLY.

AFTER A SKY DIVE FREE-FALL THE JUMPER'S MAIN CANOPY WAS OPENED TO A GOOD CHUTE. MOMENTS LATER THE JUMPER FALL OUT OF THE RIG HARNESS AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET.

THE JUMPER WAS FATALLY INJURED AFTER CONTACTING THE GROUND.