# Incident 20231007015469I: Beech B90, Titusville, FL, October 7, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 2023, 12:25 local time
- Place: Titusville, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 28.5729° N, 80.8204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Titusville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5729&lon=-80.8204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321DZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N321DZ) (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: 0
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231007015469I

## Narrative

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

FATAL SKYDIVING INCIDENT DUE TO IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.

SKYDIVER DEPARTED AIRCRAFT. THE NEXT JUMPER TOLD TITUSVILLE POLICE DETECTIVE THAT HE DIDN’T NOTICE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE JUMP, BUT THE SKYDIVER WAS SOUTH OF THE LANDING ZONE AND ENDED UP OVER A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDED BY TREES, HOUSES, AND POWERLINES.

THE VIDEO CONFIRMED THE CHUTE WAS FULLY DEPLOYED AND THE SKYDIVER WAS AT STEEP BANK ANGLE AND IMPACTED A CONCRETE DRIVEWAY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, BOUNCED AND CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP ON THE GRASS NEXT TO THE DRIVEWAY.

## Other reports on N321DZ (1)

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

- [Incident 20190217011019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190217011019I), Feb 17, 2019: Beech B90 (N321DZ), Titusville, FL, Minor damage. Discription: aircraft landed at X21 without the landing gear extended. Causal and/or contributing factors: pilot did not follow the aircraft checklist in…

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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