ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 44657
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| Date: | Sunday 24 October 2004 |
| Time: | 14:40 |
| Type: |  Cessna P206B |
| Owner/operator: | Mid-America Sport Parachute Club Inc. |
| Registration: | N8619Z |
| MSN: | P206-0419 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4636 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Taylorville, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Taylorville, IL (TAZ) |
| Taylorville, IL (TAZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane entered an inverted spin during a skydiving operation when a parachutist's parachute deployed while exiting the airplane at 10,500 feet mean sea level. The parachute became entangled around the right hand landing gear and the parachutist could not be freed. The pilot, who was wearing a parachute, and the remaining parachutists jumped from the airplane. The airplane subsequently impacted a flat field, inverted, and in uncontrolled flight. The entangled parachutist received fatal injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.
Probable Cause: Aircraft control not possible by the pilot following a premature deployment of a parachute as a parachutist exited the jump airplane during cruise flight. The inverted spin encountered by the pilot was an additional cause.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20041028X01721&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2008 00:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Nov-2010 15:12 | TB | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:24 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Dec-2017 18:29 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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