# Incident 20180811012799I: Beech B90, Whiteville, TN, August 11, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2018, 10:30 local time
- Place: Whiteville, TN
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 35.3179° N, 89.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whiteville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3179&lon=-89.1497&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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180811012799I

## Narrative

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

* 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 HIS THIRD JUMP OF THE DAY AT 14,500 AGL

*^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS AN EXPERIENCED JUMPER HE HAS OVER 159 JUMPS.

*^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS BELOW AND EAST OF THE FORMATION.

* THE FORMATION BROKE UP TO DEPLOY MAIN CHUTES.

* ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT ALTER HIS DIRECTION OR APPEARED TO TRACK AWAY.

* WITNESS WHO WAS ON THE GROUND "HE OBSERVED THE RESERVE CANOPY DEPLOYED, REACHED LINE STRETCHED AND STARTED TO INFLATE".

* ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF A POND.  THE FIRST RESPONDERS PERFORMED CPR UNTIL EMS ARRIVED ON THE SCENE.

*^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RIG WAS INSPECTED, IT WAS UP-TO-DATE WITH CURRENT INSPECTIONS. BUT THE MAIN CHUTE WAS NOT PULLED

## Other reports on N9HW (6)

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

- [Incident 20161002020899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161002020899I), Oct 2, 2016: Beech B90 (N9HW), Hickory Valley, TN, No damage, 1 fatal. Parachutist was performing a high performance parachute landing. Parachutist misjudged his landing and hit the ground with a high rate of descent which killed…
- [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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