- Date
- July 8, 2007, 18:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Louisburg, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 12 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1999GBeech B90
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Greensboro
- FAA report
- 20070708014039A
- Case key
- 66221
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Probable cause
The failure of the jumper to follow procedures.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot began descending when he thought all jumpers had departed the airplane, but 1 jumper remained. The remaining jumper realized the airplane was descending but was too late to stop his exit. After exiting the airplane he contacted the horizontal stabilizer and broke the femur of his left leg. The pilot experienced momentary flight control issues but regained control of the airplane and landed uneventfully. The jumper became destabilized momentarily then regained control and landed uneventfully. The jumper reported to the FAA that the accident was his fault.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated that he thought that all jumpers had departed the airplane and he then began his descent to return, though he later learned 1 jumper remained in the airplane. The remaining jumper reported that when he began to exit the airplane, he noticed it was descending, but it was too late for him to stop. Shortly after departing the airplane he contacted the horizontal stabilizer and became destabilized. The pilot then experienced flight control issues with the airplane. The pilot regained control of the airplane and landed without further incident, and the skydiver regained control and also landed without further incident. The jumper suffered a broken femur of his left leg, and reported that to the FAA that the accident was "...his fault."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1999G
- Reported as
- Beech B90
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- LJ-319
- Airframe hours
- 10,597.5
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney PT6A-20, 550 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Skydiving · Part 91
- Operator
- Franklin County Sport Parachute Center, Inc., doing business as Carolina Sky Sports
- Registered owner
- Fayard Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · June 1, 2007
- Departed
- 00NC · Louisburg, NC
- Destination
- 00NC · Louisburg, NC
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2007
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31,000 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 30,650 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- KLHZ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1999G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.