# Incident 20140730013709I: Cessna 208B, Calverton, NY, July 30, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2014, 16:04 local time
- Place: Calverton, NY
- Airport: Calverton
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SD7J
- Location: 40.9200° N, 72.7734° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Calverton, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9200&lon=-72.7734&mi=10
- Aircraft: N398A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N398A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 100 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140730013709I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATES THAT HE WAS TAKING THE LAST OF 12 LOADS(8 PEOPLE 3 TANDEM 2 SINGLE) UP AND RELEASED THEM AT 13,500 FEET WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON LANDING HE WAS INFORMED THAT ONE OF THE TANDEM JUMPERS HAD A HARD LANDING AND THE STUDENT JUMPER WAS KILLED ON IMPACT.

AS PER 8020.11C

JUMPERS NAME:

INSTRUCTOR:^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

STUDENT: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

EXPERIENCE OF INSTRUCTOR 6 PLUS YEARS WITH 6000 TOTAL JUMPS (3000 TANDEM)

CLUB AFFILIATION - SKY DIVE LONG ISLAND

PARACHUTE DESCRIPTION AND PACKING RECORDS:

UNITED TECHNOLOGY LLC. CANOPY MODEL VR360006810. HARNESS CONTAINER MODEL NO. SIGMA 51772 MANUFACTURED 07/11 INSPECTED 03/05/2014

## Other reports on N398A (1)

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

- [Incident 20011126038439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011126038439I), Nov 26, 2001: Cessna 208B (N398A), North Platte, NE, Minor damage. (-23) N398A, SUB22, a Cessna 208, enroute from North Platte to scottsbluff, encountered heavy icing after departure. Aircraft was unable to maintain altitude…

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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