ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13683
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| Date: | Sunday 24 December 1978 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six |
| Owner/operator: | AAA All The Way Skydivers |
| Registration: | N4008R |
| MSN: | 32-40300 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Sun City, Az, 1 mile south of WIld Horse West Cafe -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Parachute deployed over horizontal stabilizer pulling jumper thru door frame and under stabilizer. Parachute deployment force and structural damage caused empanage (vertical and horizontal stabilizer) to seperate. Injured pilot realized he had no control of aricraft and told passenger with emergency parachute to jump then tried to escape with remaining passenger with his own parachute. Pilot and passenger were found with parachute having tried to escape. No fire was caused by the impact allowing a thurough investigation of the aircraft by the NTSB. Investigation determined that the parachute was fitted with an inproper (too short) ripcord, which caused premature deployment of the jumpers parachute.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB and surviving/extracted jumper
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Feb-2009 10:41 | chuteken1 | Updated |
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