# Incident 20240616007669I: Cessna TU206D, Elizabethtown, KY, June 16, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2024, 16:30 local time
- Place: Elizabethtown, KY
- Airport: Elizabethtown Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 37.6987° N, 85.8767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elizabethtown, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6987&lon=-85.8767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72194, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72194) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206D (registry code 2073344, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240616007669I

## Narrative

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

INCIDENT PARACHUTIST WAS MAKING SECOND JUMP. DEPARTED AIRCRAFT AT 3,500 FEET AGL BY STATIC LINE AND WAS SEEN FLOATING UNDER A FULLY OPENED PARACHUTE. PARACHUTIST WAS OBSERVED BEGINNING TO DRIFT FROM DROP ZONE AREA AND SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO CONTACT HIM VIA THE RADIO HE WAS GIVEN PRIOR TO THE JUMP. NO CONTACT WAS MADE WITH HIM, AND HE APPEARED TO SEVERAL WITNESSES TO POSSIBLY BE DISORIENTED OR UNCONSCIOUS FOR THE DESCENT UNTIL REACHING APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET AGL. AT THIS POINT, A MEMBER OF THE PARACHUTE JUMP TEAM ON THE GROUND WAS TRAVELING TO THE POINT WHERE HE WAS SEEN DESCENDING TOWARDS GROUND LEVEL. UPON REACHING THE PARACHUTIST'S IMPACT POINT, HE WAS OBSERVED TO BE IN PAIN AND HAD RELEASED HIS PARACHUTE HARNESS. A WITNESS ON THE GROUND WHO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^THE PROPERTY WHERE THE PARACHUTIST LANDED STATED WHEN HE SAW THE PARACHUTIST FALLING, HE WAS DESCENDING RAPIDLY UNDER A PARTIALLY INFLATED PARACHUTE. THE PERSON FROM THE PARACHUTE JUMP TEAM ON THE GROUND STATED HE SAW THE HARNESS RELEASED AND THE SHROUD CUT HANDLE PARTIALLY PULLED.

## Other reports on N72194 (1)

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

- [Accident 19760320007119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760320007119A), Mar 20, 1976: Cessna TU206D (N72194), Aspen, CO, Substantial damage. Nose gear collar assy 1243811-6 failed. Nose gear cocked,acft swerved. Dmgd wing.

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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