# Incident 20161002020899I: Beech B90, Hickory Valley, TN, October 2, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2016, 14:45 local time
- Place: Hickory Valley, TN
- Airport: Wings Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 35.2216° N, 89.1902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINGS FLD (2TN2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2216&lon=-89.1902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9HW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9HW) (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/20161002020899I

## Narrative

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

PARACHUTIST WAS PERFORMING A HIGH PERFORMANCE PARACHUTE LANDING. PARACHUTIST MISJUDGED HIS LANDING AND HIT THE GROUND WITH A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT WHICH KILLED HIM

1. NAME OF JUMPER

KYLE DOSTER

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

2.EXPERIENCE ANDTRAINING OF JUMPER.

MR.DOSTER WAS INITIALLY TRAINED ON 11 JUNE 2011 UNDER THE PROTOCOLOF THE UNITED STATES PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION ON ACCELERATED FREEFALL PROGRAM (AFF). SINCE THAT TIME, HE HAS MADE OVER 890 JUMPS, EARNED A USPA CLASS D"EXPERT' SKYDIVING LICENSE, AND HAD COMPLETED THE CERTIFICATION TO BE A USPA "COACH".

3.CLUB AFFILIATION.

MR. DOSTER WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES PARACHUTE ASSOCIATION ( A CLUB)

AND MADE MOST OF HIS JUMPS AT WEST TENNESSEE SKYDIVING (NOT A CLUB).

4.DESCRIPTION OF THE PARACHUTES ANDTHEIR PACKING RECORDS.

MR. DOSTER WAS JUMPING AN AERODYNE ICON HARNESS AND CONTAINER SYSTEM WITH AN

ICARUS CROSSFIRE 99 MAINCANOPY AND A ST 120 RESERVE PARACHUTE.

THE MAIN PARACHUTEWAS PACKED BY HIM SHORTLY BEFORE THE JUMP,THE RESERVE PARACHUTE WAS PACKED BY A FAA RIGGER ON4-13-16 AND WAS ?IN-DATE?(180DAY)

## Other reports on N9HW (6)

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

- [Incident 20180811012799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180811012799I), Aug 11, 2018: Beech B90 (N9HW), Whiteville, TN, No damage, 1 fatal. * On August 11th 2018, appoximately 1330 local time. 10 skydivers exited a king air operated by mullins air. [privacy data omitted] Was one of them. He was on…
- [Incident 19960825036679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960825036679I), Aug 25, 1996: Beech B90 (N9HW), Pensacola, FL, 1 fatal. Narrative: a. jumpers exited king air (N9HW) at 14,500 feet. Skydive went as planned. Breakoff occurred at or below 3500 feet. Rick thomas, safety officer for…
- [Incident 19960120002959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960120002959I), Jan 20, 1996: Beech B90 (N9HW), Keystone Height, FL, 1 fatal. Narrative: the victim and another experienced skydiver exited aircraft at 14,500 MSL. Both deployed main canopies at 7,000 MSL. Victim was photographing…
- [Incident 19940924041409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940924041409I), Sep 24, 1994: Beech B90 (N9HW), Elberta, AL, 1 fatal. Jumper collided with another. Tore canopy. Failed cut away or use reserve chute. Fatal ground impact.
- [Incident 19940827037549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940827037549I), Aug 27, 1994: Beech B90 (N9HW), East Troy, WI, 1 fatal. Jumper failed deploy main or reserve parachutes. Seen out of position. Arms flailing.
- [Accident 19910720029049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910720029049A), Jul 20, 1991: Beech B90 (N9HW), Waynesville, OH, Substantial damage. Tandem jumpers pilot chute opened as they backed to door. Pulled out. Hit tail. Severing half horizontal stabilizer

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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