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Incident

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC6* · Perris, CA · September 7, 1981

Date
September 7, 1981 · 11:45 local
Place
Perris, CA
Airport
Perris Valley
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N915SM
Reported as
Dhav DHC6*
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6*
People aboard
20
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

Parachutist jumped from 12500 ft. pulled main chute at 2200 ft. it failed to open. Pulled reserve chute to late.

As the FAA filed it

PARACHUTIST JUMPED FROM 12500 FT. PULLED MAIN CHUTE AT 2200 FT. IT FAILED TO OPEN. PULLED RESERVE CHUTE TO LATE.