# Accident 19971108040799A: Dhav DHC6, Elberta, AL, November 8, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 1997, 13:15 local time
- Place: Elberta, AL
- Airport: Horak Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4090° N, 87.5993° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4090&lon=-87.5993&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1022S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1022S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (registry code 2802606, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-twin-otter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A20
- People aboard: 18
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 11,816 total, 200 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971108040799A

## Narrative

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

ENGINES RUNNING DURING BOARDING. JUMPER HIT BY PROP. WALKED BETWEEN FUSELAGE AND PROP. WAS WARNED BUT UNHEEDED SAME (-23) ON NOVEMBER 8, 1997, AT 1315L, MR. ALOIA MADE AN ATTEMPT TO WALK BETWEEN THE FUSELAGE AND THE LEFT ENGINE WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY THE PROPELLER WHICH FATALLY INJURED HIM.  INFORMATION GATHERED INDICATES THE VICTIM, MR. RODNEY A. ALOIA, WANDERED OFF FROM OTHER POTENTIAL PARACHUTISTS BOARDING THE AIRCRAFT.  HE HAD HIS PARACHUTE ON AT THE TIME OF THE MISHAP.  WE COUNSELED THE PROPRIETOR OF THE JUMP CLUB, RICHARD COBLER, ON DECEMBER 5, 1997, REGARDING GROUND PROCEDURES FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING PASSENGERS DURING PARACHUTING EVENTS. SPECIFICALLY, LOADING AND UNLOADING WITH AIRCRAFT ENGINES OPERATING, AND "COMMON SENSE" TACTICS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA98LA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA031), Nov 8, 1997: de Havilland DHC-6-6 (N1022S), Elberta, AL, minor damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: a passenger's inadvertent encounter with a rotating propeller.

## Other reports on N1022S (2)

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

- [Incident 20000704034989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000704034989I), Jul 4, 2000: Dhav DHC6 (N1022S), Lake Wales, FL, 1 fatal. (-23)On 7-7-00, master parachute rigger cliff donovan, of lakeland, Florida assisted in inspecting the parachute. The bridle of the reserve pilot chute was…
- [Incident 19970112004419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970112004419I), Jan 12, 1997: Dhav DHC6 (N1022S), Elberta, AL, 1 fatal. Narrative: Mr. Mark cooper was one of nineteen (19) parachutist that made a deliberate jump from N1022S on January 12, 1997, at approximately 1500 local. The…

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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