Accidents
NTSB Investigates Fatal Hawaii King Air Skydiving Crash
The 52-year-old King Air A90 with 11 onboard crashed Friday evening shortly after taking off from Oahu’s Dillingham Airport on a sunset skydiving flight.
NTSB investigator-in-charge  Eliott Simpson briefs board member Jennifer Homendy at the scene of a June 21 Hawaii skydiving crash. (Photo: NTSB)
NTSB investigator-in-charge Eliott Simpson briefs board member Jennifer Homendy at the scene of a June 21 Hawaii skydiving crash. (Photo: NTSB)

NTSB investigators have arrived at the scene of a fatal June 21 crash of a Beechcraft King Air A90 in Mokuleia, Hawaii. The 11 persons onboard, including several employees of operator Oahu Parachute Center, perished when the aircraft hit terrain immediately after takeoff from Dillingham Airfield (PHDH) at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time.