29.5075° N, 95.0949° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of League City, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 1, 1990 · 17:30 local
Place
League City, TX
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N911BX
Reported as
Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER
People aboard
22
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
2,011 total943 in this make and model93 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.
Jumper did not deploy main or reserve chutes. Main chute release cable missing.
As the FAA filed it
JUMPER DID NOT DEPLOY MAIN OR RESERVE CHUTES. MAIN CHUTE RELEASE CABLE MISSING.