# Accident 20131012019249A: Cessna 208B, Ray Township, MI, October 12, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2013, 18:19 local time
- Place: Ray Township, MI
- Airport: Kuntsman Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Aircraft: N80GE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80GE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A (registry code 52268, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-42a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-42A
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131012019249A

## Narrative

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

ACTUAL DATE OF ACCIDENT WAS 10/12/2013. RECEIVED MICHIGAN STATE POLICE REPORT DESCRIBING SITUATION ALONG WITH WITNESS STATEMENTS.

JUMPER EXITED AIRCRAFT AT APPROX. 5000FT. NEAR LANDING, JUMPER EXECUTED A HIGH PERFORMANCE 270 DEGREE TURN TO LAND. JUMPER CLIPPED A TREE, IMPACTED THE GROUND, THEN STRUCK A PERSON ON THE GROUND.

JUMPER SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES. PERSON ON THE GROUND SUFFERED INJURIES AND SPENT APPROX. 6 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL.

ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE AT A PRIVATE FIELD, KUNTZMAN FIELD NEAR RAY COMMUNITY AIRPORT.

THE SKYDIVER WAS A EXPERIENCED JUMPER, INSTRUCTOR, TANDEM INSTRUCTOR AND HIGH PERFORMANCE CANOPY PILOT. USPA #170525

SKYDIVER HELD A VALID 3RD CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE (AS A TANDEM INSTRUCTOR) MAIN CHUTE WAS A VELOCITY 96. RESERVE CHUTE IS A JAVELIN TEMPO-120, AND WAS PACKED 10/2/13. IT WAS NOT DEPLOYED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N80GE (1)

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

- [Accident 20120818021929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120818021929A), Aug 18, 2012: Cessna 208B (N80GE), Raeford, NC, Substantial damage. Pilot decided to land in the grass alongside the runway. On landing roll out, the aircraft crossed a paved taxiway with a depression on both sides of the…

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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