Beechcraft B90 N1999G
1 August 2009 · West Point, Virginia, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 1 August 2009 at about 23:00 local time, a Beechcraft B90 registered N1999G, operated by Rampart Aviation, Inc., was involved in an accident near West Point, Virginia, United States. 7 people were on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 23:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- West Point, Virginia, United States
- Coordinates
- 37.5214, -76.7628
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft B90
- Registration
- N1999G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Rampart Aviation, Inc.
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Skydiving
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- West Point → West Point
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA09LA435
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Probable cause
The inadvertent deployment of the instructor's reserve parachute.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
During a skydiving flight at approximately 14,000 feet, an instructor positioned himself at the door opening with his jump student nearby. The student inadvertently pulled the instructor's reserve parachute D-ring, deploying the chute and pulling the instructor out of the airplane. The instructor contacted the left horizontal stabilizer then descended toward the ground coming to rest suspended in a tree by his parachute.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft B90 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2007 | Beechcraft B90 | Louisburg, North Carolina, United States | Franklin County Sport Parachute Center, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 17 Sep 2011 | Beechcraft B90 | Hillsboro, Texas, United States | Brigman Ivan T | No injuries | - |
| 20 Sep 2007 | Beechcraft B90 | Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 May 2012 | Beechcraft B90 | Savannah, Georgia, United States | Riddell Enterprises | No injuries | - |
| 22 Oct 2012 | Beechcraft B90 | Sturtevant, Wisconsin, United States | Skydive Midwest | Minor injuries | - |
| 17 Feb 2004 | Beechcraft B90 | Dodge City, Kansas, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul 2009 | Piper PA28 | Blacksburg, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Apr 2009 | Flight CTSW | Chesapeake, Virginia, United States | Chesapeake Aviation Services | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jun 2009 | De Havilland DHC-6 TWIN | Orange, Virginia, United States | Skydive Factory Inc | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 Dec 2009 | Czech Aircraft Works SPORTCRUISER | Suffolk, Virginia, United States | Tidewater Flight Center | Serious injuries | - |
| 10 Oct 2009 | Piper PA28 | Lebanon, Virginia, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 13 Jun 2009 | Cessna 150H | Lawrenceville, Virginia, United States | - | No injuries | - |