Cessna P206 N2625X

Summary

On 26 May 1996 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna P206 registered N2625X was involved in an accident near Goshen, Indiana, United States. 7 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

26 May 1996 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Goshen, Indiana, United States

Coordinates

41.5698, -85.8296

Aircraft

Cessna P206

Registration

N2625X

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI96LA187

Nobody was injured.

the parachute equipment was not properly maintained by the parachutist. A factor related to the accident was the inadvertent deployment of the parachute.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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During a parachute jump activity one of the two parachutists on the airplane's jump step began a cadence used to jump from the step. According to the jumpmaster the parachutist began an exaggerated rocking motion. During this rocking motion his reserve parachute's ripcord pin protective flap brushed against the airplane's open door. The flap opened and the pilot chute deployed, pulling the reserve parachute from its container. As the parachutists jumped a steering line from the deploying parachute struck the airplane's right horizontal stabilizer. The collision caused the stabilizer to bend downward. The jumper whose parachute prematurely deployed said the velcro on the ripcord pin's protective flap was worn. He said the flap would frequently dislodge.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.