# Incident 19850406019639I: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER, League Cit, TX, April 6, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1985, 15:30 local time
- Place: League Cit, TX
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Aircraft: N927BA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N927BA-1989-07-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (registry code 2802606, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-twin-otter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6TWNOTTER
- People aboard: 14
- 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/19850406019639I

## Narrative

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

TWO CHUTISTS ENTANGLED DURING FREE FALL. AFTER OTHER CUT AWAY HAD DIFFICULTY FINDING RIPCORD. STRUCK GROUND.

## Other reports on N927BA (2)

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

- [Incident 19840226021169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840226021169I), Feb 26, 1984: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER (N927BA), League City, TX, 1 fatal. Tangled lines with another jumper. Cut away. Remained on other jumpers lines who then cut away. No reserve deployed
- [Accident 19830403065119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830403065119A), Apr 3, 1983: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER (N927BA), Mckinney, TX, 1 fatal. Passenger exited aircraft to assist in moving a parked aircraft. Was struck in the head by prop in flight idle.

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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