# Incident 19960305006289I: Dhav DHC6200, Deland, FL, March 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1996, 10:15 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 29.0670° N, 81.2838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAND MUNI-SIDNEY H TAYLOR FLD (DED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0670&lon=-81.2838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123FX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N123FX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6-200 (registry code 2802620, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960305006289I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WHILE PARACHUTING AT DELAND, FL, JEFF COBAN IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A HIGH RATE OF DESCENT WHICH RESULTED IN A BROKEN LEG AND POSSIBLE BACK INJURIES, INSPECTION OF PARACHUTE REVEALED NO EQUIPMENT FAILURE. PROBABLE CAUSE OF ACCIDENT: LACK OF JUDGMENT CONCERNING SPEED AND RATE OF DESCENT. A/C N123FX, PILOT ANDRE DECOUREY ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ CERT #2435832.

## Other reports on N123FX (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19981218043229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981218043229I), Dec 18, 1998: Dhav DHC6200 (N123FX), Zephyrhills, FL, Minor damage. (-5)After takeoff from runway 18, the pilot turned and banked to the east, made a low pass across sky dive city's jump zone. With the aircraft in a banked…
- [Incident 19970530018809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970530018809I), May 30, 1997: Dhav DHC6200 (N123FX), Cross Keys, NJ, 1 fatal. Main chute tangled in students legs. Main chute failed. Release. Jammed. Reserve alsto tangled.
- [Incident 19960328011029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960328011029I), Mar 28, 1996: Dhav DHC6200 (N123FX), Deland, FL. Narrative: nils hellberg and rob laidlaw were part of a twenty person formation group. When the divers broke their formation and separated, hellberg opened his…
- [Incident 19931230051689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931230051689I), Dec 30, 1993: Dhav DHC6200 (N123FX), Zfphyrills, FL, 1 fatal. Jumper was performing a hook manuver and misjudged the height. Impacted the 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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