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2005 C-P206 FL Fuel Starvation Lake Wales Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Single-Engine

C-P206 Non-Fatal Lake Wales, FL December 29, 2005

The pilot reported that shortly after reaching an altitude of 400 feet agl after takeoff, the engine quit suddenly. He immediately pumped the throttle two times, and turned on the auxiliary fuel pump, but this did not restore engine power. He made a hard forced landing in an industrial park near the airport.

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2005 C-206 Turbo-Charged C-P206 Loss of Aircraft Control Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Single-Engine Snohomish WA

C-TP206 Non-Fatal Snohomish, WA December 11, 2005

According to the pilot, she dropped her load of skydivers and was coming in for a landing. She “could see fog rolling in fast” and knew she “had to get…on the ground.” She “landed at a higher speed which is normally fine but because of the runway conditions, which were slick, [she] had minimal braking and ran out of runway.”

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2005 Butler C-182 MO Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Single-Engine Tail Strike

C-182 Non-Fatal Butler, MO November 6, 2005

The Cessna 182, operating as a platform for skydiving operations, sustained substantial damage during a skydiving flight. The commercial pilot reported a skydiver’s reserve parachute accidentally deployed while the skydiver was getting established on the step before jumping from the airplane.

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2005 Deland FL Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Single-Engine PC-6 Pilatus Porter Preflight

PC-6 Non-Fatal DeLand, FL October 3, 2005

The airline transport certificated pilot with 10 skydiving passengers began a takeoff in a tailwheel-equipped and turboprop powered airplane on a CFR Part 91 skydiving flight. As the airplane started its climb, the pitch angle of the nose of the airplane increased until the airplane appeared to stall about 50 to 100 feet agl. It descended and impacted the runway in a left wing, nose low attitude.

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2005 C-182 East Moriches Mechanical Failure Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Single-Engine NY

C-182B Non-Fatal East Moriches, NY August 6, 2005

The airplane took off with its third lift of skydivers for the day. The engine began to run roughly at rotation, and due to the speed of the airplane, and the lack of remaining runway, the pilot elected to continue the takeoff. The pilot initially turned toward a public roadway for a forced landing, but the airplane continued to climb under partial power, so he maneuvered back to the airport for a downwind landing on the runway.

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2005 C-182 Fuel Exhaustion ID Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Single-Engine Star

C-182A Non-Fatal Star, ID June 25, 2005

The airplane lost engine power and collided with terrain during the forced landing. Prior to the second flight of the day the pilot fueled the airplane’s right wing with approximately 8 gallons of fuel, bringing the total fuel load for the flight to approximately 20 or 21 gallons. The operator of the skydiving operation said that he instructed his pilots to fuel the aircraft after each flight to 21 gallons for a load of 3 or 4 people, and to 19 gallons for a load of 2 people.

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2005 DHC-6 Twin Otter Loss of Aircraft Control Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Multi-Engine OH Rittman Training

DHC-6 Non-Fatal Rittman, OH June 4, 2005

Rittman, OHThe purpose of the flight was for the second pilot to perform an evaluation of the first pilot, who was recently designated by the operator as a backup pilot. Following several successful flights with and without passengers, the pilots discussed single engine operations, and the first pilot reduced the right engine’s power to flight idle and feathered the propeller.

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2005 5 C-U206 Fatal Fatal Single-Engine

Cessna 206 Fatal (5) Puntarenas, Costa Rica May 31, 2005

Cessna 206 Fatal (5) Puntarenas, Costa Rica May 31, 2005

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2005 Collisions Other Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Single-Engine PC-6 Pilatus Porter Sturtevant WI

PC-6 Non-Fatal Sturtevant, WI May 26, 2005

The parachute jump plane was substantially damaged when it collided with a parachutist on final approach for landing. The pilot was not able to maintain directional control and the airplane impacted trees and terrain near the airport. The pilot stated that he was on final approach for landing, when a parachutist “made a rapid descent and accelerated from behind [his] right wing.”

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2005 4 C-207 Fatal Fatal Single-Engine

Cessna 207 Fatal (4) Tanauan City, Philippines May 08, 2005

Cessna 207 Fatal (4) Tanauan City, Philippines May 08, 2005

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2005 C-U206 Non-Fatal Non-Fatal Single-Engine

Cessna 206 Non-Fatal Klagenfurt, Austria April 30, 2005

Cessna 206 Non-Fatal Klagenfurt, Austria April 30, 2005

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1 2005 Collisions Other Deland DHC-6 Twin Otter Fatal Fatal Multi-Engine FL

DHC-6 Fatal (1) DeLand, FL April 23, 2005

The pilot stated that after the 14 jumpers left the airplane at 13,500 feet, southwest of the airport, he started his descent to the northeast. He approached the airport from the northeast overflew the airport, and made a left turn to enter the downwind leg for runway 23. He saw some parachutes on the ground and some in the air.

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