# Incident 20240612009319I: Beech C90, Whiteville, TN, June 12, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2024, 11:08 local time
- Place: Whiteville, TN
- Airport: Wings Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 35.2216° N, 89.1902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINGS FLD (2TN2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2216&lon=-89.1902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66KA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66KA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C90 (registry code 1152913, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331 SERIES
- 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/20240612009319I

## Narrative

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

THE JUMPER INVOLVED, A ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, ON 6/12/2024, AT 11:09AM CDT, WAS MAKING A PRACTICE JUMP IN PREPARATION FOR AN UPCOMING ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SWOOP COMPETITION AT WEST TENNESSEE SKYDIVING. WITH 3400 JUMPS, HE HAD ATTENDED ABOUT 6 CANOPY COMPETITIONS PREVIOUSLY. PREVIOUS JUMPS WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, AND LAST 30 DAYS IS UNKNOWN. CONDITIONS WERE IDEAL, WITH SKY CONDITIONS CAVU AND LIGHT WINDS, AND ABOUT 80 DEGREES F. THE JUMPER WAS JUMPING A VK HYBRID 84, IN A SUNPATH JAVELIN RSK-1 THE RESERVE WAS AN OP126. THE AAD MANUFACTURER IS UNKNOWN, AND NOT A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR. ON THIS PRACTICE JUMP (HIS SECOND OF THE DAY), HE LEFT THE JUMP AIRCRAFT AT 6000 FT, AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY DEPLOYED. NUMEROUS WITNESSES STATED HE SET UP FOR HIS RUN BY MAKING A 450 TURN, IN PREPARATION FOR HIS RUN OVER THE SWOOP POND. WITNESSES AND THE VIDEO SHOWED A NORMAL, HIGH-SPEED APPROACH OVER THE POND, ON HEADING. HE FAILED TO PULL OUT OF THE DIVE AND IMPACTED THE POND. HE WAS PULLED FROM THE POND WITHIN 10 SECONDS AND EXHIBITED NO PULSE OR RESPIRATION. CPR WAS ADMINISTERED BY 3 PARAMEDICS FOR 25 MINUTES, AND EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE SUMMONED AND ARRIVED IN 25 MINUTES. THE PATIENT WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL AND DESPITE EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES AT THE HOSPITAL, THE JUMPER WAS DECLARED DECEASED THAT AFTERNOON.

## Other reports on N66KA (2)

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

- [Incident 20250503006819I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250503006819I), May 3, 2025: Beech C90 (N66KA), Whiteville, TN, Minor damage. On 3 may 2025 at approximately 18:10 CDT king air C90 [privacy data omitted] landed at Wings Field, 2TN2, runway 18. Pilot reported he flew through a rain…
- [Accident 19850106021599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850106021599A), Jan 6, 1985: Beech C90 (N66KA), Winston Salem, NC, Substantial damage. Struck dog during takeoff roll. Damage to nose gear caused collapse on aborted takeoff.

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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