28.2407° N, 82.1790° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Zephyrhills, FL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 2, 1978 · 16:00 local
Place
Zephryhills, FL
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N140T
Reported as
Doug DC3A
People aboard
16
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
4,900 total100 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Skydiver failed to deploy chute after colliding with other skydiver.
As the FAA filed it
SKYDIVER FAILED TO DEPLOY CHUTE AFTER COLLIDING WITH OTHER SKYDIVER.