# Incident 19930407014849I: Doug DC3C, Lodi, CA, April 7, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1993, 16:25 local time
- Place: Lodi, CA
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1216° N, 121.2908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lodi, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1216&lon=-121.2908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4991E (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC3C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930407014849I

## Narrative

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

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

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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