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Incident

FAA incident report · Doug DC3C · Lodi, CA · April 7, 1993

Date
April 7, 1993 · 16:25 local
Place
Lodi, CA
Phase of flight
Parachute Jumping
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4991E
Reported as
Doug DC3C
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total500 in this make and model100 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.

Main parachute deployed improperly on jump. Auxiliary chute became entangled in main chute. Jumper impacted ground.

As the FAA filed it

MAIN PARACHUTE DEPLOYED IMPROPERLY ON JUMP. AUXILIARY CHUTE BECAME ENTANGLED IN MAIN CHUTE. JUMPER IMPACTED GROUND.