Date:	Saturday 31 August 2024
Time:	14:40
Type:	Pacific Aerospace 750XL
Owner/operator:	True North Aviation LLC opb Chicagoland Skydive Center
Registration:	N902ST
MSN:	153
Year of manufacture:	2009
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-34
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Mulino, OR -   United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Parachuting
Departure airport:	Portland-Mulino State Airport, OR (4S9)
Destination airport:	Portland-Mulino State Airport, OR (4S9)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot of the airplane reported that, during a skydiving flight, one of the skydivers’ parachute deployed early and became entangled in the tail. He felt the airplane pitch up and down violently before the parachute dislodged from the tail. The skydivers exited the airplane successfully and he was able to land the airplane without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the horizontal stabilizer.

The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Probable Cause: The skydiver’s unintentional parachute deployment and subsequent entanglement with the airplane’s horizontal stabilizer.

NTSB

https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195086
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N902ST
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N902ST/history/20240831/2120Z/4S9/4S9

https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/6/606307_1711548925.jpg (photo)

Ex VH-YIF, ZK-JIF

Photo: NTSB

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Sep-2024 16:53	ASN	Added
04-Sep-2024 16:53	ASN	Updated [Aircraft type, ]
04-Sep-2024 16:54	ASN	Updated
04-Sep-2024 19:48	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
04-Sep-2024 19:50	RobertMB	Updated
04-Sep-2024 19:52	RobertMB	Updated [Aircraft type, ]
10-Sep-2024 08:45	Captain Adam	Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, ]
10-Sep-2024 19:03	Captain Adam	Updated [Time, Accident report, ]
09-Mar-2025 20:10	Captain Adam	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, Photo, ]