National Transportation Safety Board Aviation Accident Preliminary Report Location: Mokuleia, HI Accident Number: WPR19MA177 Date Time: 06/21/2019, 1822 HST Registration: N256TA Aircraft: Beech 65A90 Injuries: 11 Fatal Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General Aviation - Skydiving On June 21, 2019, at 1822 Hawaii?Aleutian standard time, a Beech N256TA, collided with terrain after takeoff from Dillingham Air?eld (HDH), Mokuleia, Hawaii. The commercial pilot and ten passengers sustained fatal injuries, and the airplane was destroyed. The airplane was owned by N80896 LLC, and was being operated by Oahu Parachute Center (OPC) under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a local sky-diving ?ight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no ?ight plan had been filed. According to the owner of OPC, the accident ?ight was the fourth of ?ve parachute jump ?ights scheduled for that day. Two ?ights took place between 0900 and 0930 and the third departed about 1730 on the ?rst of what OPC called, "sunset" ?ights. The occupants on the accident ?ight included the pilot, three tandem parachute instructors and their three customers, and two camera operators; two solo jumpers decided to join the accident ?ight at the last minute. The passengers were loaded onto the airplane while it was on the taxiway next to the OPC facility on the southeast side of the airport. A parachute instructor at OPC observed the boarding process and watched as the airplane taxied west to the departure end of runway 8. He could hear the engines during the initial ground roll and stated that the sound was normal, consistent with the engines operating at high power. When the airplane came into his View as it headed toward him, it was at an altitude of between 150 and 200 ft above ground level and appeared to be turning. He could see its belly, with the top of the cabin facing the ocean to the north. The airplane then struck the ground in a nose?down attitude, and a fireball erupted. The ?nal second of the accident sequence was captured in the top left frame of a surveillance video camera located at the southeast corner of the airport. Preliminary review of the video data revealed that just before impact the airplane was in an inverted 45? nose-down attitude. Runway 8/26 at Dillingham Air?eld is a 9,007?ft?long by 75?ft?wide asphalt runway, with displaced thresholds of 1,993 ft and 1,995 ft, respectively. A parachute landing area was located beyond the departure end of runway 8, and the standard takeoff procedure required a left turn over the adjacent beach to avoid that landing zone. The displaced threshold areas had been designated for sailplane and towplane use, with powered aircraft advised to maintain close base leg turns to assure separation. Page 1 of 2 WPR19MA177 This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. The airplane came to rest inverted on a heading of about 011? magnetic, 500 ft north of the runway centerline, and 5,550 ft beyond the runway 8 numbers, where the takeoff roll began. The debris field was con?ned to a 75-ft?wide area just inside the airport perimeter fence. The cabin, tail section, and inboard wings were largely consumed by ?re, and both wings outboard of the engine nacelle sustained leading edge crush damage and thermal exposure. Both engines came to rest in the center of the debris field, and fragments of the vertical and both horizontal stabilizers were located within the surrounding area. Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information Aircraft Make: Beech Registration: N256TA Model/Series: 65A90 Aircraft Category: Airplane Amateur Built: No Operator: Oahu Parachute Center Operating Certificate(s) None Held: Meteorological Information and Flight Plan Conditions at Accident Site: Visual Conditions Condition of Light: Day Observation Facility, Elevation: PHHI, 840 ft Observation Time: 0456 UTC Distance from Accident Site: 10 Nautical Miles Temperature/Dew Point: Lowest Cloud Condition: Few 5000 ft agl Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: 4 knots 180? Lowest Ceiling: Broken 7000 ft agl Visibility: 10 Miles Altimeter Setting: 29.94 inches Hg Type of Flight Plan Filed: None Departure Point: Mokuleia, HI (HDH) Destination: Mokuleia, HI (HDH) Wreckage and Impact Information Crew Injuries: 1 Fatal Aircraft Damage: Destroyed Passenger Injuries: 10 Fatal Aircraft Fire: On-Ground Ground Injuries: Aircraft Explosion: None Total Injuries: 11 Fatal Latitude, Longitude: 21.580556, -158.188333 Administrative Information Investigator In Charge (IIC): Eliott Simpson Additional Participating Persons: Eric West; Federal Aviation Administration Washington, DC Marc Hamilton; Transportation Safety Board of Canada; Ottawa, FN Peter Basile; Textron Aviation; Wichita, KS Note: The NTSB traveled to the scene of this accident. Page 2 of 2 WPR19MA177 This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.