# Incident 20150514005929I: Beech B90, Sussex, NJ, May 14, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2015, 13:35 local time
- Place: Sussex, NJ
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 41.2088° N, 74.6082° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sussex, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2088&lon=-74.6082&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: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150514005929I

## Narrative

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

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 CLUB AFFILIATIONS.

PARACHUTE IS A KATANA 107 MANUFACTURED BY PERFORMANCE DESIGNS, OWNED AND PACKED BY SKYDIVER, RESERVE NOT USED/INVOLVED.

JUMPER EXITED AIRCRAFT NORMALLY APPROXIMATELY 12,500 FEET, EXECUTED SEVERAL MANUVERS IN FREEFALL, DEPLOYED MAIN PARACHUTE NORMALLY. ON APPROACH TO LANDING ZONE JUMPER SHOULD HAVE EXECUTED 270 DEGREE TURN BEFORE FLARE BUT EXECUTED HARD HIGH SPEED LEFT TURN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. VIDEO EVIDENCE SUGGEST INADVERTENT ACTUATION OF FRONT LEFT RISER INSTEAD OF STANDARD TOGGLE TURN. THE HIGH SPEED TURN RESULTED IN THE JUMPER CONTACTING THE GROUND AT HIGH ROTATIONAL VELOCITY, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL INJURIES. THE JUMPER DIED APPROXIMATELY ONE DAY LATER.

## 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 20140708012299I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140708012299I), Jul 8, 2014: Beech B90 (N330AA), Perkasie, PA, No damage. Tendem parachute jump originated from pennridge airport (ckz). All jumpers exited the aircraft normally at 12,000 feet. The instructor deployed the main canopy…

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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