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).
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 November 2, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- August 31, 2024 · about 9:40 pm local time · cases in 2024
- Place
- Mulino, Oregon · Mulino State · cases near this airport · 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 other cases naming the airframe structure
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 14 |
Photographs from the investigation 2 pictures from the NTSB's docket, as the NTSB released them
The NTSB's photographs with the NTSB's captions, at screen size. Open a picture to see it full size or to report one that should not be shown.
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
2 documents, released by the NTSB on March 6, 2025. View them here, or download them; the NTSB redacts some personal details before release, and this site shows the NTSB's own titles rather than its file names.
| # | Document | What it is | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot/operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 | PDF, 11 pages | View Download |
| 2 | Photo Array | PDF, 3 pages · our copy | View Download |
The same docket at the NTSB · documents without a copy here are fetched from the NTSB when you open them.
Connections how this case links to the rest of the register
- N902ST on the register today · the tail number may have moved to another aircraft since
- Pacific Aerospace Corp Ltd 750 14 registered today · the model family and its accident history
- Engine: P & W PT6A-34 42 aircraft carry this series today · as the NTSB recorded it
- Mulino State Airport · nearest airport
- Accidents and incidents in Oregon 1,864 since 1982 · 279 in the last ten years
- Oregon 7,002 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/accident/WPR24LA300.json.
The bigger picture in Aviation Analytics: accidents over time since 1982, by model, by phase of flight and conditions, by place and on the map.
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