- Date
- July 5, 1986, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Vega Baja, PR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6915KGrumman G-164B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860705036319A
- Case key
- 31506
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt of the Grumman ag cat allowed 2 parachutists to board the resticted catagory acft for a parachute jumping flt. Each parachutist was positioned on a wing with his arm crooked around the respective wing center strut. After takeoff, the parachutist on the rgt wing fell off & plunged to his death. An exam of his chutes revealed that the main chute had barely started to open & the reserve chute was not deployed. Witnesses believed that the parachutist fell from about 400 to 500 ft AGL. Witness testimony & a post mortem exam of the deceased revealed that his rgt arm was weaker than his left arm due to a previous injury & surgery. The owner of the acft was not aware of, nor did he approve of, the use of the acft for parachute jumping.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6915K
- Reported as
- Grumman G-164B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421-B
- Airframe hours
- 1,800
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Alan J. Hawsey
- Registered owner
- Corporation Arrocera
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 6,903 total · 5,100 in this make and model · 9,775 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SJU, 37 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.