# Incident 20260712007539I: Cessna 208B, Orange, MA, July 12, 2026 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 12, 2026, 15:20 local time - Place: Orange, MA - Damage: No damage - Phase of flight: Unknown - Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105) - Location: 42.6052° N, 72.2922° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orange, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6052&lon=-72.2922&mi=10 - Aircraft: N80JF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80JF) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 208B (registry code 2073701, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208b) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Honeywell TPE331-12JR (registry code 33806, https://openairdocs.org/engine/honeywell-tpe331-12jr) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B - Reported engine: HONEYWELL TPE331-12JR - 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/20260712007539I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. MAIN CHUTE: MANUFACTURE- PERFORMANCE DESIGN, INC, MODEL: PD STUDENT 220, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DATE OF MANUFACTURE: UNK. HARNESS AND CONTAINER: MANUFACTURE- UNITED PARACHUTE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC: MODEL V-358-SE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DATE OF MANUFACTURE: 11-2020, RESERVE CHUTE: MANUFACTURE- PRECISION RAVEN 218-M(A), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DATE OF MANUFACTURE: 03-1999. AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION DEVICE (AAD): MANUFACTURE- AIRTEC, MODEL: CYPRES 2, SN: A1267, DATE OF MANUFACTURE: 02-2015. ON JULY 12, 2026, AT APPROXIMATELY 15:13, 16 SKYDIVERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE 9TH SCHEDULED JUMP OF THE DAY, WHICH WAS THE VICTIM’S SECOND JUMP. AT APPROXIMATELY 15:20, MOST OF THE SKYDIVERS LANDED IN AN ORIENTATION KNOWN AS “HANGAR BACK,” MEANING THEY LANDED WITH THE PARACHUTE CLUB HANGAR BEHIND THEM. ACCORDING TO WITNESS STATEMENTS, GROUND-LEVEL WINDS IN THE LANDING AREA WERE REPORTED VARIOUSLY AS “LIGHT AND VARIABLE,” “GUSTY,” “TURBULENT,” AND POTENTIALLY INVOLVING A “DUST DEVIL.” WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE VICTIM APPEARED TO BE LANDING LONG, FLYING IN A SLOW LEFT-HAND TURN AND HEADING FOR THE RUNWAY. WITNESSES STATED THAT WHEN THE VICTIM WAS APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 50 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THE PARACHUTE MOMENTARILY APPEARED TO “COLLAPSE,” “CRUMPLE,” “FOLD,” OR “STALL.” WHEN THE CANOPY REINFLATED, IT PITCHED STRAIGHT DOWN, SWINGING THE VICTIM PARALLEL TO THE GROUND BEFORE THEY FLEW DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND, IMPACTING THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET FROM ITS EDGE. A VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT, CAPTURED BY ANOTHER SKYDIVER WHO HAD JUST LANDED, BEGINS RIGHT AFTER THE VICTIM PASSES APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET ABOVE THE CAMERA OPERATOR. THE EIGHT-SECOND VIDEO INITIALLY SHOWS THE VICTIM IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A NORMAL LANDING APPROACH. BETWEEN SECONDS ONE AND TWO, THE VICTIM SLIGHTLY PULLS DOWN ON THE LEFT-HAND TOGGLE (BRAKE) LINE, INITIATING A SLIGHT LEFT TURN. BETWEEN SECONDS THREE AND FOUR, THE VICTIM RAPIDLY PULLS DOWN ON THE RIGHT-HAND TOGGLE (BRAKE) LINE, CAUSING THE PARACHUTE TO MOMENTARILY, PARTIALLY DEFLATE, LOSE FORWARD MOMENTUM, AND ROTATE FURTHER TO THE LEFT. BETWEEN SECONDS FOUR AND FIVE, THE PARACHUTE FULLY INFLATES AND DIVES NOSE-DOWN TOWARD THE GROUND, INITIATING A LEFT-HAND SPIRAL THAT SWINGS THE VICTIM PARALLEL TO THE GROUND AND ABOVE THE CANOPY BEFORE THE VICTIM IMPACTS THE GROUND AT THE SIX-SECOND MARK. ADDITIONALLY, TWO OTHER SEPARATE VIDEOS WERE RECORDED AT THE SAME TIME IN THE LANDING AREA, ALTHOUGH THEY DO NOT CAPTURE THE VICTIM. THESE VIDEOS DEMONSTRATE VERY GUSTY WINDS, TO THE POINT THAT THREE DIFFERENT PARACHUTISTS HAD A VERY HARD TIME CONTROLLING THEIR CANOPIES AFTER LANDING. IN ONE INSTANCE, A SKYDIVER WAS KNOCKED OFF THEIR FEET AND DRAGGED ALONG THE GROUND BECAUSE THE WIND CAUGHT AND REINFLATED THEIR CANOPY. ## Other reports on N80JF (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20251004015839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251004015839I), Oct 4, 2025: Cessna 208B (N80JF), Orange, MA, No damage, 1 fatal. Main chute harness and container: chute shop votex ii V4 s/n:0323430 dom: June 2016 Reserve canopy aerodyne research smart 150 sn:25691 dom: may 2004 (Aad)… - [Incident 20200402006369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200402006369I), Apr 2, 2020: Cessna 208B (N80JF), Lake Wales, FL, No damage. Skydiver landed fast and hard and broke ankle on landing as he lost his footing. - [Accident 20190629008409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190629008409A), Jun 29, 2019: Cessna 208B (N80JF), Plant City, FL, Substantial damage. On June 29, 2019, at 0930 EST a 1993 Cessna, model 208B, N80JF registered to isr aviation LLC, had a hard landing resulting in a nose gear collapse at Plant… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.