# Incident 20160603020099I: Cessna 208B, Snohomish, WA, June 3, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2016, 19:45 local time
- Place: Snohomish, WA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 47.9289° N, 122.0927° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Snohomish, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9289&lon=-122.0927&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9655B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9655B) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160603020099I

## Narrative

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

PARACHUTE FATALITY:  NORMAL FREEFALL AND OPENING OF CHUTE AND THE JUMPER FLEW A STANDARD/PREDICTABLE PATTERN.  HE APPEARED TO HAVE NOT SEEN ANOTHER JUMPER WHO WAS ON A LONGER FINAL APPROACH.  IT IS BELIEVED THAT AT ABOUT AN ALTITUDE OF 100 FEET, EITHER BOTH JUMPERS CHUTES MADE CONTACT OR THE INCIDENT JUMPERS CHUTE WAS AFFECTED BY THE OTHER PARACHUTISTS WAKE TURBULANCE.  THE INCIDENT JUMPERS CHUTE COLLAPSED AND THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO RECOVER.

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:  US PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION  C-LICENSE HOLDER WITH 625 SKYDIVES, 25 IN LAST 30 DAYS, 178 IN LAST 12 MONTHS.

CLUB AFFILIATION:  US PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION.  PRIMARILY JUMPED AT S43 (SKYDIVE SNOHOMISH)

DESCRIPTION OF PARACHUTES AND THERE PACKING RECORDS:

RESERVE CHUTE--PERFORMANCE DESIGNS MODEL "PD-RESERVE", 143 SQ FT, DOM SEP 1999, S/N 020461, PACKED JAN 24, 2016 BY S4N.

CONTAINER--VELOCITY SPORTS EQUIPMENT MODEL "INFINITY", S/N 6362, DOM FEB 2001

MAIN CHUTE--ICARUS MODEL "CROSSFIRE 2", 129 SQ FT, DOM UNKNOWN, PACKED BY JUMPER, DATE PACKED UNKNOWN.

AUTOMATIC ACITIVATION DEVICE--MARS MODEL "M2 EXPERT", S/N 004250, DOM DEC 2015

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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