Date & Time

3 October 2005 at 1500LT

Crew on board

1

Type of Aircraft

Pax on board

10

Company name

Vertical Air

Crew fatalities

0

Registration

N7895J

Pax fatalities

0

Location

Deland-Sidney H. Taylor airport, Florida

Schedule

Deland - Deland

Total fatalities

0

Construction number

767

Year of manufacture

The aircraft, which was performing a parachute operation with 10 skydivers on board, departed runway 05. As the airplane started the climb, the pitch angle increased until the airplane stalled, descended and impacted the runway in a left low attitude. The airplane slid off the runway into the grass, before coming to a stop. The pilot was seriously injured and 5 of the skydivers were slightly injured. The aircraft was written off.