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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Beech 200 · Acampo, CA · April 29, 2014

Date
April 29, 2014 · 13:00 local
Place
Acampo, CA
Phase of flight
Unknown
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N912LD
Reported as
Beech 200
Reported engine
U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
1

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.

Two skydivers: timothy dutton and privacy data omitted exited the jump aircraft. After exiting the aircraft both individuals separated in the air. While free-falling both attempted to return to each others location. However, each skydiver lost visual contact with one another during their attempt to approach one other. As a result, they impacted mid-air. During impact, Mr. Dutton struck privacy data omitted right leg with his head causing him to lose consciousness and tumble to the earth without opening his parachute or his reserve chute. Timothy dutton was pronouced dead at the site where he was found.

As the FAA filed it

TWO SKYDIVERS: TIMOTHY DUTTON AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXITED THE JUMP AIRCRAFT. AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT BOTH INDIVIDUALS SEPARATED IN THE AIR. WHILE FREE-FALLING BOTH ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO EACH OTHERS LOCATION. HOWEVER, EACH SKYDIVER LOST VISUAL CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER DURING THEIR ATTEMPT TO APPROACH ONE OTHER. AS A RESULT, THEY IMPACTED MID-AIR. DURING IMPACT, MR. DUTTON STRUCK ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RIGHT LEG WITH HIS HEAD CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS AND TUMBLE TO THE EARTH WITHOUT OPENING HIS PARACHUTE OR HIS RESERVE CHUTE. TIMOTHY DUTTON WAS PRONOUCED DEAD AT THE SITE WHERE HE WAS FOUND.

Other reports on N912LD · 1

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