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ASRS 1577367

ACN 1577367 · 2018-09 · Twin Otter DHC-6

A skydiver reported that the jump aircraft may have experienced an inflight upset.

Parachutist / Aircraft Conflicts Cruise

Pilot narrative

Verbatim, de-identified by NASA. Placeholders: ZZZ, X, Y.

At 1,500 feet, all skydivers took off their seat belts. Immediately afterwards, the plane rolled over nearly if not 90 degrees and then went into a dive. It fired 3 skydivers reserve parachutes inside the plane. We landed and exited without further incident. They [skydiving company] had a dismissive attitude about the event, but I believe it needs [to be] addressed. If they had hit another plane, there would have been deaths and had the door been open, which many times it is, we would've all been sucked out in a tangled pile. I hope that this is the correct way of reporting the incident as I couldn't find another source. Thank you for your time.

NASA classification · Anomalies

  • Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural

NASA classification · Assessments

Contributing Factors / Situations
Aircraft · Human Factors
Primary Problem
Ambiguous

ASRS reports are voluntary, de-identified by NASA, and represent the reporter's perspective; they are not investigated and cannot be used to infer prevalence. Authoritative source: asrs.arc.nasa.gov ↗