# Accident 20131019021869A: Boeing B75N1, Land O Lakes, FL, October 19, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2013, 13:50 local time
- Place: Land O Lakes, FL
- Airport: Tampa North Aero Park
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 28.0178° N, 82.3417° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0178&lon=-82.3417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65355, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65355-2022-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing B75N1 (registry code 1380144, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-b75n1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B75N1
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,712 total, 15 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131019021869A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 19, 2013, AT APPROXIMATELY 1350 EDT, A BOEING B75N, N65355, SERIAL NO. 75-5612, HAD ONE OF TWO PARACHUTIST WING WALKERS DEPART THE AIRCRAFT FOR REASONS UNKNOWN AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 800-1000 FEET.  THE PARACHUTIST WAS FATALLY WOUNDED AFTER HITTING A TREE BEFORE COMING TO REST BEHIND A HOME IN LAND O LAKES, FLORIDA.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS A PARTICIPANT AT THE FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT AT THE TAMPA NORTH AERO PARK, KX39, LUTZ, FLORIDA.  THE TWO WING WALKERS WERE TO PARACHUTE OFF THE AIRCRAFT UPON REACHING AN ALTITUDE OF 2800 FEET.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY AT KX39 WITH THE SECOND PARACHUTIST IN THE FRONT SEAT.

## 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 ERA14LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA011), Oct 19, 2013: Boeing B75N1 (N65355), Tampa, FL, no damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The parachutist’s low altitude departure from the right wing before the planned altitude and his delayed opening of his parachute canopy, which resulted in impact with a tree and then the ground…

## Other reports on N65355 (2)

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

- [Incident 20160409004589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160409004589I), Apr 9, 2016: Boeing B75N1 (N65355), Lakeland, FL, Minor damage. Pilot stated (and passenger confirmed) during landing at klal on runway 9R the passenger accidently interferred with the control stick when a crosswind gust…
- [Accident 19930731030749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930731030749A), Jul 31, 1993: Boeing B75N1 (N65355), Burnet, TX, Substantial damage. Ground looped on landing roll. Collapsed right main landing gear.

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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