# Incident 19781105023559I: Doug DC3, Zephyrhills, FL, November 5, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 1978, 11:05 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 28.2407° N, 82.1790° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Zephyrhills, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2407&lon=-82.1790&mi=10
- Aircraft: N102ZP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3
- People aboard: 16
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,860 total, 450 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781105023559I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SKYDIVER FATALITY. CHUTE FAILED TO OPEN.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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