# Incident 20200217002489I: Cessna 208, Sebastian, FL, February 17, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 2020, 10:12 local time
- Place: Sebastian, FL
- Airport: Sebastian Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 27.8133° N, 80.4956° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEBASTIAN MUNI (X26), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8133&lon=-80.4956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N208HF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N208HF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208 (registry code 2073702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52034, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- Reported engine: P&W PT6A SERIES
- 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/20200217002489I

## Narrative

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

SKYDIVER WAS UNDER CANOPY MANEUVERING FOR LANDING TOWARDS LANDING ZONE. SKYDIVER NOTICED ANOTHER JUMPER APPROACHING HEAD-ON. SKYDIVER EXECUTED A HARD LEFT TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET TO AVOID THE OTHER SKYDIVER AND IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED RESULTING IN FATAL INJURIES.

AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR INSPECTED BOTH MAIN AND RESERVE PARACHUTES AND NOTED NO DEFECTS/MALFUNCTIONS DURING THE ACCIDENT.

## Other reports on N208HF (1)

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

- [Incident 20110218002869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110218002869I), Feb 18, 2011: Cessna 208 (N208HF), Leesburg, FL, Minor damage. On February 18, 2011, at around 10:45 am, after departing from runway 13 of the Leesburg International Airport, located in Leesburg FL, at an altitude of about…

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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