# Incident 19791027054139I: Dhav DHC6/, League City, TX, October 27, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1979, 16:00 local time
- Place: League City, TX
- Airport: Houston Gulf
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 29.5083° N, 95.0514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Houston Gulf Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5083&lon=-95.0514&mi=10
- Aircraft: NR251 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6/
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19791027054139I

## Narrative

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

JUMPER KILLED ON 83RD JUMP, CHUTE FAILED TO OPEN. MAY HAVE BEEN CONNECTED IMPROPERLY.

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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