# Incident 19940724030879I: Dhav DHC6, Covington, GA, July 24, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1994, 01:30 local time
- Place: Covington, GA
- Airport: Covington Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 33.6322° N, 83.8466° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COVINGTON MUNI (CVC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6322&lon=-83.8466&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9505 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6
- People aboard: 13
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940724030879I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PER FAA ORDER 8020.11A                                         A. NAME OF JUMPER: DICKENSON, RICHARD 6070 PINE MOUNTAIN RD KENNESAW,       GA 30144.                                                                 B.   EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING OF JUMPER:  APPROXIMATELY 500 JUMPS             TIME IN SPORT:  3 YEARS USPA MEMBER NO 83276                               LICENSE:  C-23583                                                        C.  CLUB MEMBERSHIP:  PEACH STATE SKY DIVING CLUB.                         D.  SEE ATTACHED POLICE REPORT AND FATALITY REPORT.                        CONCLUSION:  WHILE PERFORMING A NIGHT, 2-WAY RELATIVE WORK JUMP, THE DECEASED LOST ALTITUDE AWARENESS, RESULTING IN A LOW BREAK-OFF AND MAIN PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT, AND SUBSEQUENT ACTIVATION OF THE CYPRUS AAD WHICH HAD BEEN INSTALLED ON HIS RESERVE CONTAINER. AFTER RELEASING THE SEMI-DEPLOYED MAIN PARACHUTE, THE DECEASED ATTEMPTED A LEFT TURN OF APPROXIMATELY 220 DEGREES TO LAND FACING INTO THE WIND. THE TURN WAS EXECUTED TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND AND RESULTED IN THE DECEASED IMPACTING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHILE STILL IN A LOW-LEVEL, HIGH SPEED TURN.

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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