# Incident 19880320014239I: Doug DC3, Zephyrhills, FL, March 20, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1988, 10:00 local time
- Place: Zephyrhills, FL
- Airport: Zephyrhills Municipal
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 28.2267° N, 82.1556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ZEPHYRHILLS MUNI (ZPH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.2267&lon=-82.1556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87745, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87745) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC3 (registry code 3021401, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-1820 series (registry code 67020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1820-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3
- People aboard: 41
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880320014239I

## Narrative

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

JUMPER IN GROUP ON FREE FALL. NO ATTEMPT TO OPEN CHUTE. IMPACTED FACE DOWN. POSSIBLE SUICIDE. LEFT LETTER TO SPOUSE

## Other reports on N87745 (4)

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

- [Incident 19901223061869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901223061869I), Dec 23, 1990: Doug DC3 (N87745), Zephyrhills, FL, 1 fatal. Experienced jumper cut away her main chute but emergency chute was not deployed.
- [Incident 19871128079009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871128079009I), Nov 28, 1987: Doug DC3 (N87745), Zephyrhills, FL, 1 fatal. Reserve chute deployed remotely after main chute opened unknown by jumper. Lines tangled producing a streamer.
- [Incident 19870416037309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870416037309I), Apr 16, 1987: Doug DC3 (N87745), Zephyr Hills, FL, 1 fatal. Chute lanyard was under a twisted harness. Unable to deploy main chute. Jumper failed to deploy reserve chute.
- [Incident 19851227076469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851227076469I), Dec 27, 1985: Doug DC3 (N87745), Zephyrhills, FL, 1 fatal. Chutist did not pull rip cord and impacted the ground after free fall.

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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