"Hawaii skydiving plane accident investigation shifts focus to 'quality' of repairs made following 2016 crash"
http://www.foxnews.com/us/ntsb-inves...aii-killing-11
The King Air is sensitive to stalling if too many people are at the door when the pilot cuts power on jump run. In 2016 this one was involved in an "Incident" not a crash in Byron Ca and was badly damaged -including right horizontal stabilizer being ripped completely off during an over stressed recovery from a stall spin. All jumpers got out and the pilot was able to land the plane. It was repaired and sold to the HI operations.
I traded emails with a buddy that works at the DZ and he told me "I was onsite and spotted the plane just before the crash. It had just taken off. When I spotted it it was inverted and diving toward the ground. Unfortunately I was too far away to notice details like whether there was damage to control surfaces or the condition of the two engines."
Too me it sounds more like a single engine failure and it rolled into the dead engine while trying to return back to the field. They obviously never made an altitude that the pilot would issue and order to exit. The procedure is sitting down with seat belts and helmets on until 1200' then unbuckle and chill. If ordered out at less than 2000' go straight to your reserve (My hard deck is more like 3000'- I'll pay for the repack of my reserve but i want something that will open fast). They did not have that chance.
BSBD
Attached is a picture of the plane after the stall damage:
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