20160116009179I

Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · Louisburg, NC · January 16, 2016

Date
January 16, 2016 · 12:45 local
Place
Louisburg, NC
Airport
Triangle North
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N477XP
Reported as
Cessna 208B
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
0
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0

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.

Skydiver's equipment failed, probably due to improper rigging by himself, cutaway of main chute at altitude that did not permit deployment of reserve chute resulting in fatal contact with ground.

As the FAA filed it

SKYDIVER'S EQUIPMENT FAILED, PROBABLY DUE TO IMPROPER RIGGING BY HIMSELF, CUTAWAY OF MAIN CHUTE AT ALTITUDE THAT DID NOT PERMIT DEPLOYMENT OF RESERVE CHUTE RESULTING IN FATAL CONTACT WITH GROUND.