# Incident 20140708012299I: Beech B90, Perkasie, PA, July 8, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2014, 11:06 local time
- Place: Perkasie, PA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 40.3717° N, 75.2928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Perkasie, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3717&lon=-75.2928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N330AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N330AA-2018-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech B90 (registry code 1152912, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: U/A Canada PT6 SER 578HP (registry code 61501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/u-a-canada-pt6-ser-578hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B90
- Reported engine: U/A CANADA PT6 SER 578HP
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140708012299I

## Narrative

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

TENDEM PARACHUTE JUMP ORIGINATED FROM PENNRIDGE AIRPORT (CKZ). ALL JUMPERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT NORMALLY AT 12,000 FEET. THE INSTRUCTOR DEPLOYED THE MAIN CANOPY AT A NORMAL ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATELY 6,000 FEET. THE CANOPY MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING A VIOLENT SPIN. THE INSTRUCTORS ATTEMPT TO JETTISON THE MAIN CANOPY WAS UNSUCESSFUL RESULTING IN ONLY A PARTIAL CUTAWAY "STREAMER". THE INSTRUCTOR THEN DEPLOYED THE RESERVE CANOPY WHICH FOULED IN THE MAIN CANOPY. THE MAIN CANOPY WAS THEN SUCESSFULLY JETTISONNED. THERE WAS INSUFFICIENT ALTITUDE REMAINING FOR THE INSTRUCTOR TO INFLATE AND BRAKE THE RESERVE CANOPY WELL ENOUGH TO PREVENT SERIOUS INJURY TO THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT/PASSENGER.

THE MAIN CANOPY WAS  FOUND LOCATED AN UNUSUALLY SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE INCIDENT SITE.

THE MAIN CANOPY WAS FOUND TO HAVE CANOPY MATERIAL FROM THE RIGHT REAR CORNER PULLED APPROXOMATELY 20 INCHES THROUGH THE SLIDER GROMMET. NO OTHER ANOMOLIES WERE NOTED WITH THE MAIN CANPOPY, RESERVE CANOPY, OR HARNESS.

## Other reports on N330AA (2)

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

- [Incident 20150624014539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150624014539I), Jun 24, 2015: Beech B90 (N330AA), Sussex, NJ, Minor damage. Aircraft experienced declining power lost while approaching airfield for landing. Landing gear only partially extending causing the left main gear to collapse…
- [Incident 20150514005929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150514005929I), May 14, 2015: Beech B90 (N330AA), Sussex, NJ, No damage, 1 fatal. Jumper name paul m hayes. Jumper experience approximately 750 jumps. Recent aff rating. Reserve side instructor proficiency check 4/18/15. Jumper has no known…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.