# Incident 20140111002979I: Cessna 208, Mesquite, NV, January 11, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2014, 13:30 local time
- Place: Mesquite, NV
- Airport: Mesquite
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 36.8331° N, 114.0559° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MESQUITE (67L), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8331&lon=-114.0559&mi=10
- Aircraft: N801JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N801JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208 (registry code 2073702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- People aboard: 13
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140111002979I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 11, 2014 BETWEEN 1300 AND 1400 HOURS LOCAL, TWO (2) PARACHUTE JUMPERS INITIALLY COLLIDED BETWEEN 100 TO 200 FEET AGL ABOVE THE MESQUITE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (67L) IN MESQUITE, NEVADA, AS REPORTED BY WITNESSES.

PARACHUTISTS WERE FULLY ENTANGLED BETWEEN 30 TO 60 FEET AGL.

THERE WERE SERIOUS INJURIES, TO BOTH PARACHUTISTS, RELATED TO THE EVENT.

NO AIRCRAFT WERE INVOLVED IN THE COLLISION OF THE TWO PARACHUTISTS.

N801JA, A CESSNA MODEL 208B AIRCRAFT WAS BEING UTILIZED AS THE ?JUMP? AIRCRAFT. N801JA IS REGISTERED TO SPOKANE TURBINE SKYDIVING LLC, OF 11019 S WELCOME RD., MEDICAL LAKE, WASHINGTON 99022. AIRCRAFT WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE COLLISION OF THE TWO PARACHUTISTS.

PARACHUTISTS INVOLVED WERE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, LICENSE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N801JA (1)

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

- [Incident 20260524004579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260524004579I), May 24, 2026: Cessna 208 (N801JA), Ritzville, WA, No damage, 1 fatal. On 05/24/2027 @ 17:37 PDT the west plains skydiving facility reported a mid-air collision between two jumpers with one serious injuries and one fatal. Per 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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