19930117000389I

Incident

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER · League City, TX · January 17, 1993

Date
January 17, 1993 · 12:45 local
Place
League City, TX
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
Parachute jumping (Part 105)
Aircraft
N911BX
Reported as
Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER
People aboard
2
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.

Jmpers chute wrapped around other jumper when opened. Both rode one canopy to ground. Impact killed one jumper.

As the FAA filed it

JMPERS CHUTE WRAPPED AROUND OTHER JUMPER WHEN OPENED. BOTH RODE ONE CANOPY TO GROUND. IMPACT KILLED ONE JUMPER.