Cessna P206B accident near Taylorville, IL
On October 24, 2004, a Cessna P206B (airplane) was involved in an accident near Taylorville, IL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- October 24, 2004
- Place
- Taylorville, IL
- Aircraft
- Cessna P206B · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.536°N, 89.332°W
- NTSB ID
- 20041028X01721
NTSB summary
On October 24, 2004, about 1440 central daylight time, a Cessna P206B, N8619Z, operated by Mid-America Sport Parachute Club Inc., as a skydive airplane, was destroyed on impact with terrain following an entanglement of a parachute around the front of the right main landing gear strut. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 skydive flight was not operating on a flight plan. The pilot received minor injuries, four parachutists were uninjured, and one parachutist was fatally injured. The local flight originated from Taylorville Municipal Airport, Taylorville, Illinois, about 1420. The pilot stated that at 10,500 feet mean sea level, the five parachutists proceeded to exit. Parachutist number one opened the door and positioned himself onto the strut. Parachutist number two was just stepping onto the exit platform on the right hand landing gear when his main parachute "came free" from the container and dropped outside the airplane in front of the landing gear strut. The instant parachute inflation jerked parachutist number two down. Parachutist number one released from the airplane. The airplane pitched nose down due to drag and the flight control inputs were not responsive due to the parachute blocking the elevator and rudder airflow and drag at the right gear line entanglement point. The airplane continued in nose down pitch attitude [and] immediately [rolled] 180 degrees to inverted and entered a flat inverted spin. The ensuing centrifugal force was estimated by the pilot to be 3 g's towards the outside of the spin causing t
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.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
