Beech 99 accident near Bowling Green, MO
On June 21, 2008, a Beech 99 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Bowling Green, MO. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 21, 2008
- Place
- Bowling Green, MO
- Aircraft
- Beech 99 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 39.370°N, 91.219°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080627X00939
NTSB summary
'THIS CASE WAS MODIFIED FEBRUARY 24, 2009." On June 21, 2008, at approximately 1700 central daylight time, an in-flight collision occurred involving a twin-engine Beech 99, N99NN, and an exiting parachutist. The parachutist did not deploy his parachute and was fatally injured. The airplane's horizontal stabilizer sustained substantial damage. The airplane was owned and operated by Skydive Factory Incorporated. The local flight originated from Bowling Green Municipal Airport (H19), Bowling Green, Missouri. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 parachute flight. Initial statements were collected by a responding Federal Aviation Administration inspector. Two parachutists were exiting the airplane at 6,000 feet mean sea level (MSL), and the remaining 10 parachutists planned to exit the airplane at 14,000 feet mean sea level. Two parachutists waited by the open aircraft door as the airplane was inbound for the first drop point. The first parachutist stated that prior to flight he was told by the pilot to "choose [his] spot and exit." Prior to the illumination of the green light, the first parachutist decided to exit the airplane. Once in the slipstream, the first parachutist realized that the airplane was traveling faster than the normal exit airspeed and was able to maneuver away from the aircraft's tail section. Parachutists that remained in the airplane recalled that the second parachutist (the accident parachutist) exited the airplane and arched into an "X" before being struck by the airpl
Probable cause
The parachutist's failure to follow procedures/directives by not waiting to jump until the green jump light was illuminated, resulting in his collision with the airplane's tail. Contributing to the accident was the parachutist's impairment by the use of marijuana prior to performing a parachute jump.
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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.
