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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech E-90 · Longmont, CO · June 27, 2016

Date
June 27, 2016 · 14:00 local
Place
Longmont, CO
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N92DV
Reported as
Beech E-90
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A-28
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
869 total93 in this make and model204 in the last 90 days

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.

On 06/27/2016 at approximately 14:00H MDT, a person (skydiver) was seriously injured while exiting N92DV, a king air E90 aircraft. The aircraft sustained damage from the person impacting the leading edge of the left hand horizontal stabilizer. After learning a skydiver may have impacted the aircraft when exiting, the pilot returned with the remaining skydivers. The weather

At the time was VMC.

As the FAA filed it

ON 06/27/2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 14:00H MDT, A PERSON (SKYDIVER) WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHILE EXITING N92DV, A KING AIR E90 AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM THE PERSON IMPACTING THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LEFT HAND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. AFTER LEARNING A SKYDIVER MAY HAVE IMPACTED THE AIRCRAFT WHEN EXITING, THE PILOT RETURNED WITH THE REMAINING SKYDIVERS. THE WEATHER

AT THE TIME WAS VMC.

Other reports on N92DV · 2

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