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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 208B · Killingly, CT · July 18, 2020

Date: July 18, 2020 · 11:00 local
Place: Killingly, CT
Airport: Danielson
Phase of flight: Other, Specify
Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N895SF
Reported as: Cessna 208B
People aboard: 0
Fatal injuries: 1
Other injuries: 0

N895SFRegistered now · Cessna 208BS/N 208B0095 · Built 1988 Airframe modelCessna 208B Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Name of jumper: privacy data omitted

Jumper experience: approximately 180 jumps.

Main parachute: nexus model, s/n, nx 190-00009

Emergency parachute: not deployed

On 07/18/2020 at approximately 10:45 am local time, the jumper departed the aircraft at an altitude of 5,000 feet. With his main parachute fully deployed, as he was nearing the ground , it appeared he was about to make contact with a tree line that rose approximately 75 feet from the ground next to the landing area. At that point he made a sharp left turn causing him to nearly go parallel with the ground. The maneuver resulted in the jumper slamming into the ground approximately 70 feet from the tree line. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

As the FAA filed it

NAME OF JUMPER: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

JUMPER EXPERIENCE: APPROXIMATELY 180 JUMPS.

MAIN PARACHUTE: NEXUS MODEL, S/N, NX 190-00009

EMERGENCY PARACHUTE: NOT DEPLOYED

ON 07/18/2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:45 AM LOCAL TIME, THE JUMPER DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AT AN ALTITUDE OF 5,000 FEET. WITH HIS MAIN PARACHUTE FULLY DEPLOYED, AS HE WAS NEARING THE GROUND , IT APPEARED HE WAS ABOUT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH A TREE LINE THAT ROSE APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET FROM THE GROUND NEXT TO THE LANDING AREA. AT THAT POINT HE MADE A SHARP LEFT TURN CAUSING HIM TO NEARLY GO PARALLEL WITH THE GROUND. THE MANEUVER RESULTED IN THE JUMPER SLAMMING INTO THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 70 FEET FROM THE TREE LINE. HE WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED.

Other reports on N895SF · 3

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

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