# Incident 19800824064209I: Dhav DHC2/, Woodbine, MD, August 24, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1980, 14:30 local time
- Place: Woodbine, MD
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 39.3598° N, 77.0625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woodbine, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3598&lon=-77.0625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17394, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17394-2013-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland BEAVER L-20A (registry code 2800104, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-beaver-l-20a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC2/
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 200 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/19800824064209I

## Narrative

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

MAIN CHUTE FAILED TO DEPLOY, RESERVE CHUTE DID NOT INFLATE. CONNECTOR LINK HAD SEPARATED.

## Other reports on N17394 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940811021139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940811021139A), Aug 11, 1994: Dhav DHC2MK1 (N17394), Port Alsworth, AK, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Observed flying low and slow and stall out of a turn. Burned on ground impact. No anomalies found.
- [Accident 19910925042919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910925042919A), Sep 25, 1991: Dhav DHC2MK1 (N17394), Holitna River, AK, Substantial damage. Landing on River float,plane pontoon struck a submerged log. Cartwheeled and came to rest inverted.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.