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 11/7/2020 aircraft departed 7B9 with 4 jumpers to conduct sky diving operations. Upon reaching the correct position 4500 feet above the drop zone the cabin door was opened and 2 jumpers exited the aircraft. The 3rd jumper with out any warning climbed up on the wing out board of the wing strut putting the aircraft into steep spiral dive to the right. The pilot was sucsessful, after several manuvering attempts, to knock the jumper off the wing. He was then able to level the wings and pull out of the dive at 1200 feet. At this time the jump door was torn from the aircraft. Aircraft was able to land safely. Damage was limited to a torn door hinge, dent on under side of RH flap, and 2 dents in the wing leading edge caused by the jumper. The door was recoved with minamal damage.
As the FAA filed it
ON 11/7/2020 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED 7B9 WITH 4 JUMPERS TO CONDUCT SKY DIVING OPERATIONS. UPON REACHING THE CORRECT POSITION 4500 FEET ABOVE THE DROP ZONE THE CABIN DOOR WAS OPENED AND 2 JUMPERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE 3RD JUMPER WITH OUT ANY WARNING CLIMBED UP ON THE WING OUT BOARD OF THE WING STRUT PUTTING THE AIRCRAFT INTO STEEP SPIRAL DIVE TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT WAS SUCSESSFUL, AFTER SEVERAL MANUVERING ATTEMPTS, TO KNOCK THE JUMPER OFF THE WING. HE WAS THEN ABLE TO LEVEL THE WINGS AND PULL OUT OF THE DIVE AT 1200 FEET. AT THIS TIME THE JUMP DOOR WAS TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO LAND SAFELY. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO A TORN DOOR HINGE, DENT ON UNDER SIDE OF RH FLAP, AND 2 DENTS IN THE WING LEADING EDGE CAUSED BY THE JUMPER. THE DOOR WAS RECOVED WITH MINAMAL DAMAGE.
Other reports on N6193B · 6
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.