Pacific Aerospace CORP LTD 750XL accident near Mulino, Oregon, August 31, 2024
On August 31, 2024 at about 9:40 pm local time, a 2009 Pacific Aerospace CORP LTD 750XL, registered N902ST, was substantially damaged in an accident during enroute near Mulino, Oregon (Mulino State airport). It was a skydiving flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 15 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The skydiver’s unintentional parachute deployment and subsequent entanglement with the airplane’s horizontal stabilizer.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- August 31, 2024 · about 9:40 pm local time
- Place
- Mulino, Oregon · Mulino State · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 15 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Pacific Aerospace CORP LTD 750XL, built 2009 · all 750XLs on the register
- Registration
- N902ST · registry record · serial 153
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Skydiving flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The pilot of the airplane reported that, during a skydiving flight, a skydiver’s parachute deployed early and became entangled with the tail. He felt the airplane pitch up and down violently before the parachute dislodged from the tail. The skydivers exited the airplane successfully and he was able to land the airplane without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the horizontal stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Miscellaneous/other during enroute defining event
The NTSB's findings
- Aircraft › Aircraft structures › Empennage structure › Horizontal stabilizer › Damaged/degraded
- Environmental issues › Physical environment › Object/animal/substance › Person › Effect on equipment
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 17,000 hours in all; 400 in this make and model; 25 in the last 90 days; 10 in the last 30 days; 15,000 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: July 27, 2023
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded
- Maximum gross weight: 7,500 lb
- Seats: 16
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: P & W PT6A-34 (turboprop); 0 hours total
- Operator: True North Aviation LLC
The flight
- Departed from: 4S9 Portland-Mulino OR at 9:20 pm
- Flight plan: none
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: clear
- Temperature: 93°F (34°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter: 29.91 inHg
- Observation at 2:53 pm from KUAO, 8 miles away
Weather report (METAR): KUAO 312153Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 34/13 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP126 T03390128
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 14 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number WPR24LA300.