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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC3G202A · Del Mar, CA · July 4, 1991

Date
July 4, 1991 · 15:10 local
Place
Del Mar, CA
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N20TW
Reported as
Doug DC3G202A
People aboard
11
Fatal injuries
1

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 in controllled descent. Disconnected harnesss and made back flip 80 feer above water. Hit water head first.

As the FAA filed it

JUMPER IN CONTROLLLED DESCENT. DISCONNECTED HARNESSS AND MADE BACK FLIP 80 FEER ABOVE WATER. HIT WATER HEAD FIRST.