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| Date: | Sunday 3 April 1994 |
| Time: | 18:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 208 |
| Owner/operator: | Skydiving Productions Over Tx |
| Registration: | N9421F |
| MSN: | 20800049 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2655 hours |
| Engine model: | P&W PT6-114 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | WHITEWRIGHT, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING SPORT PARACHUTE OPERATIONS THE AIRCRAFT INADVERTENTLY STALLED WHEN TOO MANY JUMPERS ATTACHED THEMSELVES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE JUMPERS HAD BEEN BRIEFED ON LIMITING THE NUMBER TO EXIT AT ONE TIME TO SIX; HOWEVER, THEY IGNORED THESE INSTRUCTIONS. AS THEY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT REGAINED CONTROL AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
Probable Cause: THE INADVERTENT STALL WHEN TOO MANY PARACHUTIST HUNG ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW94LA119
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Nov-2022 13:34 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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