# NTSB Accident IAD96FA061
> **Cessna P206C** · 1996-04-14 · HARTWOOD, VA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD96FA061
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05582
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-04-14
- **Location:** HARTWOOD, VA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.399574, -77.540756
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** P206C
- **Registration:** N8682Z
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the inadvertent/premature deployment of the first skydiver's parachute, which resulted in contact with the airplane's horizontal stabilizer by the first skydiver and his parachute, loss of integrity of the empennage to the aft fuselage, loss of aircraft control, and subsequent separation of the empennage.  The third skydiver was fatally injured when he failed or was unable to bail out of the uncontrolled airplane.

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