# Incident 20140525007059I: Cessna 208B, Sebastian, FL, May 25, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2014, 18:57 local time
- Place: Sebastian, FL
- Airport: Sebastian Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 27.8133° N, 80.4956° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEBASTIAN MUNI (X26), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8133&lon=-80.4956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N220EA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N220EA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 600 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140525007059I

## Narrative

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

A REVIEW OF INFORMATION AT HAND PROVIDES:

(1) THAT JUMP APPEARED NORMAL UNTIL THE DEPLOYMENT SEQUENCE OF MAIN CANOPY.

(2) THAT SUSPENSION LINES WERE TWISTED WHEN MAIN CANOPY DEPLOYED.

(3) THAT BEFORE TWISTED LINE PROBLEM COULD BE RESOLVED; RESERVE PARACHUTE SYSTEM  ATTEMPTED TO DEPLOY AND BECAME ENTANGLED IN MAIN PARACHUTE LINES.

(4) THAT PARACHUTE SYSTEM WAS THEN UNCONTROLLABLE AND WAS NOT ARRESTING THE DESCENT SUFFICIENTLY ON GROUND IMPACT.

PARACHUTE SYSTEM:

HARNESS/CONTAINER - MIRAGE SYSTEMS G3.

MAIN CANOPY - PERFORMANCE DESIGNS SPECTRE.

RESERVE CANOPY - PERFORMANCE DESIGNS PD RESERVE.

AAD - AIRTEC CYPRES

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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