# Incident 20161014021769I: Cessna 208, Dunnellon, FL, October 14, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2016, 18:30 local time
- Place: Dunnellon, FL
- Airport: Marion County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 29.0617° N, 82.3767° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0617&lon=-82.3767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208KM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-114
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161014021769I

## Narrative

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

THE DECEDENT WAS ACTING AS JUMPMASTER FOR A GROUP OF STATIC LINE JUMPERS WITH MILITARY TYPE PARACHUTES. HE DID NOT INTEND TO JUMP AND DID NOT HAVE HIS STATIC LINE CONNECTED. HIS RESERVE PARACHUTE WAS ACCIDENTLY DEPLOYED IN THE AIRCRAFT AND HE WAS PULLED FROM THE AIRCRAFT BY THE SLIPSTREAM, STRIKING AND DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE. IT APPEARS THAT THE DECEDENT WAS INCAPACITATED  AFTER STRIKING THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS UNABLE TO ATTEMPT TO DEPLOY THE MAIN PARACHUTE.

AIRCRAFT RETUNED TO X-35 AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

NAME :DMYTRO ZINCHENKO

EXPERIENCE: 147 MILITARY JUMPS

NO KNOW CLUB AFFILIATION

PARACHUTE: MAIN MC1-1D

RESERVE: T-10R MIRPS PACKED 10/10/2016

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA17LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA018), Oct 14, 2016: Cessna 208 (N208KM), Dunnellon, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The jumpmaster's failure to guard the reserve parachute ripcord, which caused an inadvertent deployment of his reserve parachute.

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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