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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Beech 200 · Calhan, CO · May 7, 2017

Date
May 7, 2017 · 12:15 local
Place
Calhan, CO
Airport
Colorado Springs East Airport
Phase of flight
Unknown
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N32SV
Reported as
Beech 200
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.

On 05/07/2017, at approximately 1230 MDT, aircraft N32SV, a Beech 200, made a pass at approximately 12,000? AGL for skydive passengers to exit the aircraft. A skydiver in a wing suit was reportedly spiraling after the main canopy deployed between 5,500-5,000? AGL, cut away his main canopy at approximately 4,000-4,200? AGL, and deployed reserve canopy at approximately 1000? AGL. The skydiver was fatally injured at the scene. The weather at the time was VMC.

As the FAA filed it

ON 05/07/2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 MDT, AIRCRAFT N32SV, A BEECH 200, MADE A PASS AT APPROXIMATELY 12,000? AGL FOR SKYDIVE PASSENGERS TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT. A SKYDIVER IN A WING SUIT WAS REPORTEDLY SPIRALING AFTER THE MAIN CANOPY DEPLOYED BETWEEN 5,500-5,000? AGL, CUT AWAY HIS MAIN CANOPY AT APPROXIMATELY 4,000-4,200? AGL, AND DEPLOYED RESERVE CANOPY AT APPROXIMATELY 1000? AGL. THE SKYDIVER WAS FATALLY INJURED AT THE SCENE. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC.

Other reports on N32SV · 1

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