# Incident 19980510017529I: Dhav DHC6*, Boulder City, NV, May 10, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1998, 09:05 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Boulder City Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Parachute Jumping
- Operating rules: Parachute jumping (Part 105)
- Location: 35.9473° N, 114.8611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER CITY MUNI (BVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9473&lon=-114.8611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525EH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N525EH-2001-08-23) (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*
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980510017529I

## Narrative

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

APPEARS TO HAVE HAD A MALFUNCTION OF HIS PARACHUTE UPON OPENING, COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER JUMPER BEFORE HITTING GROUND.

## Other reports on N525EH (2)

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

- [Accident 19881204052339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881204052339A), Dec 4, 1988: Dhav DHC61 (N525EH), Homer, AK, Substantial damage. Wing struck a fence while taxiing on a narrow plowed taxiway. Area plowed was on edge of taxiway. Blowing snow.
- [Incident 19880818057779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880818057779I), Aug 18, 1988: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER (N525EH), Anchorage, AK. Flew with fuel cap hanging by chain and banging aircraft. Passenger said pilot aware of it. Smelled fumes in cabin.

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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